Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

libpeas-1.8.1

Introduction to libpeas

libpeas is a GObject based plugins engine, and is targeted at giving every application the chance to assume its own extensibility.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

libpeas Dependencies

Required

gobject-introspection-1.36.0 and GTK+-3.8.4

Recommended

Gjs-1.36.1 and PyGObject-3.8.3 (Python 2 and Python 3 modules)

Optional

GDB-7.6.1, Glade, GTK-Doc-1.19, Seed, and Valgrind

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

Installation of libpeas

Install libpeas by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../libpeas-1.8.1-gjs_fixes-1.patch &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Program: peas-demo
Installed Libraries: libpeas-1.0.so and libpeas-gtk-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libpeas-1.0, /usr/lib/libpeas-1.0, /usr/lib/peas-demo and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libpeas

Short Descriptions

peas-demo

is the Peas demo program.

libpeas-1.0.so

contains the libpeas API functions.

libpeas-gtk-1.0.so

contains the libpeas GTK+ widgets.

Last updated on 2013-09-03 12:08:19 -0700