Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.3

Chapter 9. General Libraries

JSON-GLib-1.6.6

Introduction to JSON GLib

The JSON GLib package is a library providing serialization and deserialization support for the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format described by RFC 4627.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.

Package Information

JSON-GLib Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.74.5

Optional (Required if building GNOME)

gobject-introspection-1.74.0

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/json-glib

Installation of JSON GLib

Install JSON GLib by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

Contents

Installed Programs: json-glib-format and json-glib-validate
Installed Library: libjson-glib-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{include,share/installed-tests}/json-glib-1.0, /usr/libexec/installed-tests/json-glib-1.6.6, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/json-glib

Short Descriptions

json-glib-format

is a simple command line interface to format JSON data

json-glib-validate

is a simple command line interface to validate JSON data

libjson-glib-1.0.so

contains the JSON GLib API functions