Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.10

Chapter 33.  GNOME Libraries and Desktop

Grilo-0.3.1

Introduction to Grilo

Grilo is a framework focused on making media discovery and browsing easy for applications and application developers.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.10 platform.

Package Information

Grilo Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.48.2 and libxml2-2.9.4

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.48.0, GTK+-3.20.9, libsoup-2.54.1, totem-pl-parser-3.10.6, and Vala-0.32.1

Optional

Avahi-0.6.32, DocBook-utils-0.6.14, liboauth-1.0.3, and GTK-Doc-1.25

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

Installation of Grilo

Install Grilo by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --libdir=/usr/lib \
            --disable-static &&
make

This package does not come with a testsuite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

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

Contents

Installed Programs: grilo-test-ui-0.3, grl-inspect-0.3 and grl-launch-0.3
Installed Libraries: libgrilo-0.3.so, libgrlnet-0.3.so and libgrlpls-0.3.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/grilo-0.3

Short Descriptions

grilo-test-ui-0.3

is a simple playground application that you can use to test the framework and its plugins.

grl-inspect-0.3

is a tool that prints out information on available Grilo sources.

grl-launch-0.3

is a tool to run Grilo operations from command line.

libgrilo.so

provides the Grilo framework.

libgrlnet.so

provides Grilo networking helpers for plug-ins.

libgrlpls.so

provides playlist handling functions.

Last updated on 2016-08-29 13:59:18 -0700