Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.1

Chapter 9. General Libraries

JSON-GLib-1.2.8

Introduction to JSON GLib

The JSON GLib package is a library providing serialization and deserialization support for the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format described by RFC 4627.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.1 platform.

Package Information

JSON-GLib Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.52.3

Optional (Required if building GNOME)

gobject-introspection-1.52.1

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.26

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

Installation of JSON GLib

Install JSON GLib by running the following commands: 

./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 Programs: json-glib-format and json-glib-validate
Installed Library: libjson-glib-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/json-glib-1.0 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/json-glib

Short Descriptions

json-glib-format

is a simple command line interface to format JSON data.

json-glib-validate

is a simple command line interface to validate JSON data.

libjson-glib-1.0.so

contains the JSON GLib API functions.

Last updated on 2017-08-23 21:43:46 -0700