Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.2

Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

Gtkmm-4.14.0

Introduction to Gtkmm

The Gtkmm package provides a C++ interface to GTK-4.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2 platform.

Package Information

Gtkmm Dependencies

Required

Atkmm-2.28.4, GTK-4.14.5, and Pangomm-2.54.0

Optional

Doxygen-1.12.0 and Vulkan-Loader-1.3.294

Installation of Gtkmm

Install Gtkmm by running the following commands: 

mkdir gtkmm4-build &&
cd    gtkmm4-build &&

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

To test the results, issue: ninja test. Note that you must be in a graphical environment, as the tests try to open some windows.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

If you have built the documentation (see Command Explanations below) it was installed to /usr/share/doc/gtkmm-4.0. For consistency, move it to a versioned directory as the root user: 

mv -v /usr/share/doc/gtkmm-4.0 /usr/share/doc/gtkmm-4.14.0

Command Explanations

-D build-documentation=true: If you have installed Doxygen-1.12.0 this define will build and install the documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgdkmm-4.0.so and libgtkmm-4.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gdkmm-4.0, /usr/include/gtkmm-4.0, /usr/lib/gdkmm-4.0, /usr/lib/gtkmm-4.0, and optionally /usr/share/{devhelp/books/gtkmm-4.0,doc/gtkmm-4.14.0}

Short Descriptions

libgdkmm-4.0.so

contains the GDK API classes

libgtkmm-4.0.so

contains the GTK 4 API classes