Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.7

Chapter 39. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

Grilo-0.2.12

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-7.7 platform.

Package Information

Grilo Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.14.8

Recommended

libsoup-2.48.1, gobject-introspection-1.42.0, Grilo-Plugins-0.2.14 (runtime), and Vala-0.26.2

Optional

Avahi-0.6.31 (if installed at build time, make sure avahi-daemon is running as a system daemon, started by bootscript/systemd unit), DocBook-utils-0.6.14, and liboauth (to configure flickr personal accounts)

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

Installation of Grilo

Install Grilo by running the following commands: 

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

This package does not have 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-0.2, grl-inspect-0.2 and grl-launch-0.2
Installed Libraries: libgrilo-0.2.so, libgrlnet-0.2.so and libgrlpls-0.2.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/grilo-0.2

Short Descriptions

grilo-test-ui-0.2

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

grl-inspect-0.2

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

grl-launch-0.2

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 2015-02-27 16:21:33 -0800