Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.1

Chapter 39. LXQt Desktop

Solid-5.37.0 for lxqt

Introduction to solid

Solid is a device integration framework. It provides a way of querying and interacting with hardware independently of the underlying operating system.

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

[Note]

Note

This package is extracted from the KF5 set of packages. If KDE Frameworks-5.37.0 is built, do NOT also build this package as presented here.

Package Information

Solid Dependencies

Required

extra-cmake-modules-5.37.0 and Qt-5.9.1

Optional (runtime)

UDisks-2.7.2, UPower-0.99.5, and media-player-info

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

Installation of solid

Install solid by running the following commands: 

mkdir -v build &&
cd       build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$LXQT_PREFIX \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release          \
      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF                 \
      -Wno-dev ..                         &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: solid-hardware5
Installed Library: libKF5Solid.so and libsolidextensionplugin.so
Installed Directories: $LXQT_PREFIX/lib/cmake/KF5Solid, $LXQT_PREFIX/include/KF5/Solid, and $LXQT_PREFIX/lib/qml/org/kde/solid

Short Descriptions

libKF5Solid.so

provides a way of querying and interacting with hardware independently of the underlying operating system.

Last updated on 2017-08-25 14:22:07 -0700