Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 9.0

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

Gvfs-1.40.2

Introduction to Gvfs

The Gvfs package is a userspace virtual filesystem designed to work with the I/O abstractions of GLib's GIO library.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.0 platform.

Package Information

Gvfs Dependencies

Required

dbus-1.12.16, GLib-2.60.6, libusb-1.0.22, libsecret-0.18.8 and libsoup-2.66.2

Recommended

Gcr-3.28.1, GTK+-3.24.10, libcdio-2.1.0, libgdata-0.17.11, libgudev-233, elogind-241.3, and UDisks-2.8.4

Optional

Apache-2.4.41, Avahi-0.7, BlueZ-5.50, dbus-glib-0.110, Fuse-2.9.7, gnome-online-accounts-3.32.0, GTK-Doc-1.32, libarchive-3.4.0, libgcrypt-1.8.5, libxml2-2.9.9, libxslt-1.1.33, OpenSSH-8.0p1, Samba-4.10.7, libbluray, libgphoto2, libimobiledevice, libmtp, libnfs, and Twisted

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

Installation of Gvfs

Install Gvfs by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr     \
      --sysconfdir=/etc \
      -Dfuse=false      \
      -Dgphoto2=false   \
      -Dafc=false       \
      -Dbluray=false    \
      -Dnfs=false       \
      -Dmtp=false       \
      -Dsmb=false       \
      -Dtmpfilesdir=no  \
      -Ddnssd=false     \
      -Dgoa=false       \
      -Dgoogle=false    \
      -Dsystemduserunitdir=no .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install
[Note]

Note

If you installed the package to your system using a “DESTDIR” method, /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled was not updated/created. Create (or update) the file using the following command as the root user: 

glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

Command Explanations

-D<option>=false: These switches are required if the corresponding optional dependency is not installed. Remove those where you have installed the corresponding application and wish to use it with Gvfs. The dnssd option requires avahi and both goa/google require GNOME Online Accounts.

-Dtmpfilesdir=no -Dsystemduserunitdir=no: These switches provide systemd directory locations. Setting them to “no” disables the dependency on systemd and logind.

-Dcdda=false: This switch is required if libcdio is not installed. The cdda backend is useless on machines without a CDROM/DVD drive.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libgvfscommon.so, libgvfsdaemon.so and some under /usr/lib/gio/modules/
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gvfs-client and /usr/{lib,share}/gvfs

Short Descriptions

libgvfscommon.so

contains the common API functions used in Gvfs programs.

Last updated on 2019-08-19 11:11:15 -0700