Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.6-systemd

Chapter 32. Telepathy Framework

telepathy-glib-0.24.1

Introduction to Telepathy GLib

The Telepathy GLib contains a library used by GLib based Telepathy components. Telepathy is a D-Bus framework for unifying real time communication, including instant messaging, voice calls and video calls. It abstracts differences between protocols to provide a unified interface for applications.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 systemd platform.

Package Information

Telepathy GLib Dependencies

Required

dbus-glib-0.102 and libxslt-1.1.28

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.40.0, and Vala-0.24.0

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.20

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

Installation of Telepathy GLlib

Install Telepathy GLib by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --enable-vala-bindings \
            --disable-static &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-vala-bindings: This switch enables building of the Vala bindings. Remove if you don't have Vala-0.24.0 installed.

--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: None
Installed Libraries: libtelepathy-glib.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/telepathy-1.0 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/telepathy-glib

Short Descriptions

libtelepathy-glib.so

contains the Telepathy GLib API functions.

Last updated on 2014-08-25 14:56:55 -0700