Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 8. General Libraries

gobject-introspection-1.30.0

Introduction to gobject-introspection

The gobject-introspection package is used to describe the APIs and collect them in a uniform, machine readable format.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

Required

GLib-2.30.1, libffi-3.0.10 or GCC-4.5.1 (build Java so that libffi is built), and Python-2.7.2

Optional

cairo-1.10.2 (Required for the tests) and GTK-Doc-1.18

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gobject-introspection

Installation of gobject-introspection

Install gobject-introspection by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-tests &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-tests: This parameter disable test libraries. Remove the parameter if you have cairo installed and would like the tests to be performed.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: g-ir-annotation-tool, g-ir-compiler, g-ir-doc-tool, g-ir-generate, and g-ir-scanner
Installed Libraries: _giscanner.{so,a} and libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gobject-introspection-1.0, /usr/lib/{girepository-1.0,gobject-introspection}, /usr/lib/share/{gir-1.0,gobject-introspection-1.0}

Short Descriptions

g-ir-compiler

converts one or more GIR files into one or more typelib.

g-ir-scanner

is a tool which generates GIR XML files by parsing headers and introspecting GObject based libraries.

g-ir-generate

is a GIR generator, using the repository API.

libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}

provides an API to access to the typelib metadata.

libgirepository-everything-1.0.{so,a}

provides an API to access to the typelib metadata.

Last updated on 2011-12-17 05:23:23 +0000