Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.7

Chapter 30. GNOME Libraries and Utilities

gtksourceview-3.14.3

Introduction to GtkSourceView

The GtkSourceView package contains libraries used for extending the GTK+ text functions to include syntax highlighting.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.7 platform.

Package Information

GtkSourceView Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.14.8

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.42.0

Optional

Vala-0.26.2 Glade and GTK-Doc-1.21

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

Installation of GtkSourceView

Install GtkSourceView by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue make check. The tests need to be run in a graphical environment.

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 Programs: None
Installed Library: libgtksourceview-3.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gtksourceview-3.0, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gtksourceview-3.0, and /usr/share/gtksourceview-3.0

Short Descriptions

libgtksourceview-3.0.so

contains function extensions for the GtkTextView widget.

Last updated on 2015-03-02 19:42:44 -0800