glib-networking-2.56.1

Introduction to GLib Networking

The GLib Networking package contains Network related gio modules for GLib.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.

Package Information

GLib Networking Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.56.1, GnuTLS-3.5.19, and gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.28.0

Recommended

Optional

libproxy

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/glib-networking

Installation of GLib Networking

Install GLib Networking by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr            \
      -Dlibproxy_support=false \
      -Dca_certificates_path=/etc/ssl/ca-bundle.crt .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user:

ninja install

Configuring Glib-networking

Config Files

/etc/profile.d/gio.sh

Configuration Information

For using the PKCS #11 modules, the GIO_USE_TLS variable should be set in the environment. This can be added to the Bash Startup Files (as the root user):

cat > /etc/profile.d/gio.sh << "EOF"
# Begin gio.sh

export GIO_USE_TLS=gnutls-pkcs11

# End gio.sh
EOF

Contents

Installed Program: None
Installed Libraries: libgiognomeproxy.so and libgiognutls.so (GIO Modules installed in /usr/lib/gio/modules)
Installed Directories: None

Last updated on 2018-08-20 13:08:58 -0700