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

Chapter 33. GNOME Additional Packages

liboobs-2.30.1

Introduction to liboobs

The liboobs package is a wrapping library to the System Tools Backends, it provides easy to access GObjects to system configuration details.

This package is known to build using an LFS 6.5 platform but has not been tested.

Package Information

liboobs Dependencies

Required

system-tools-backends-2.9.4

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.18 and HAL-0.5.14

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/liboobs

Installation of liboobs

Install liboobs by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0): Setting the prefix using this parameter instead of with $GNOME_PREFIX will ensure that the prefix is consistent with the installation environment and the package will be installed in the correct location.

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

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: liboobs-1.{so,a}
Installed Directory: $GNOME_PREFIX/{include/liboobs-1.0/oobs, share/gtk-doc/html/liboobs}

Short Descriptions

liboobs-1.{so,a}

contains the liboobs API functions.

Last updated on 2010-08-22 09:27:14 +0000