libgdata-0.17.11

Introduction to libgdata

The libgdata package is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol, most notably, Google's services. It provides APIs to access the common Google services and has full asynchronous support.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.0 platform.

Package Information

libgdata Dependencies

Required

liboauth-1.0.3, libsoup-2.66.2, gnome-online-accounts-3.32.0, GTK+-3.24.10, JSON-GLib-1.4.4, uhttpmock-0.5.1, and Vala-0.44.7

Recommended

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.32

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

Installation of libgdata

Install libgdata by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr -Dgtk_doc=false .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. Note that the tests need network access.

Now, as the root user:

ninja install

Command Explanations

-Dgtk_doc=false: Remove this if you have GTK-Doc-1.32 installed and want to rebuild the documentation with it.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgdata.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libgdata, /usr/libexec/installed-tests/libgdata, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gdata, and /usr/share/installed-tests/libgdata

Short Descriptions

libgdata.so

contains the libgdata API functions.

Last updated on 2019-08-25 11:35:01 -0700