Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.6

Chapter 17. Networking Libraries

libnice-0.1.7

Introduction to libnice

The libnice package is an implementation of the IETF's draft Interactive Connectivity Establishment standard (ICE). It provides GLib-based library, libnice and GStreamer, elements.

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

Package Information

libnice Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.40.0

Recommended

gst-plugins-base-1.4.1

Optional

gst-plugins-base-0.10.36, GTK-Doc-1.20, and gupnp-igd

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

Installation of libnice

Install libnice by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --without-gstreamer-0.10 &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. Note that two tests, test-io-stream-thread and test-io-stream-pollable, may fail due to test harness timing issues.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

--without-gstreamer-0.10: This switch disables building of the GStreamer 0.10 plugins which are not necessary for anything in BLFS. Remove it if you have installed gst-plugins-base-0.10.36.

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

Contents

Installed Programs: stunbdc and stund
Installed Libraries: libnice.so and libgstnice.so (GStreamer Plugin)
Installed Directories: /usr/include/nice, /usr/include/stun, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libnice

Short Descriptions

stunbdc

performs Session Traversal for NAT (STUN) Binding Discovery.

stund

is a Session Traversal for NAT (STUN) daemon.

libnice.so

contains the libnice API functions.

Last updated on 2014-09-20 19:22:09 -0700