Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-868

Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

gtksourceview4-4.8.4

Introduction to GtkSourceView

The GtkSourceView package contains libraries used for extending the GTK+ text functions to include syntax highlighting.

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Package Information

GtkSourceView Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.43

Recommended

GLib-2.82.4 (with GObject Introspection) and libxml2-2.13.5

Optional

Vala-0.56.17, Valgrind-3.24.0, GTK-Doc-1.34.0, itstool-2.0.7, fop-2.10 (or dblatex), and Glade

Installation of GtkSourceView

Install GtkSourceView by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue ninja test. The tests need to be run in a graphical environment.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-D gtk_doc=true: This option is normally used if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libgtksourceview-4.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{include,share,share/gtk-doc/html}/gtksourceview-4

Short Descriptions

libgtksourceview-4.so

contains function extensions for the GtkTextView widget