Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.1

Chapter 25. X Libraries

gtksourceview-3.24.3

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-8.1 platform.

Package Information

GtkSourceView Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.22.18

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.52.1

Optional

Vala-0.36.4, Valgrind-3.13.0, GTK-Doc-1.26, itstool-2.0.2, fop-2.2 (or dblatex), and Glade

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,share,share/gtk-doc/html}/gtksourceview-3.0

Short Descriptions

libgtksourceview-3.0.so

contains function extensions for the GtkTextView widget.

Last updated on 2017-08-28 15:14:37 -0700