Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-426

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

xdg-desktop-portal-gnome-48.0

Introduction to xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

xdg-desktop-portal-gnome is a backend for xdg-desktop-portal, that is using GTK and various pieces of GNOME infrastructure.

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

xdg-desktop-portal-gnome Dependencies

Required

gnome-desktop-44.3, GTK-4.20.2, libadwaita-1.8.1, xdg-desktop-portal-1.20.3, and xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.15.3 (at runtime)

Installation of xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

Install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr              \
            --buildtype=release        \
            -D systemduserunitdir=/tmp \
            ..                         &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Remove systemd files that are useless (as the root user): 

rm -vf /tmp/*.service
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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

Contents

Installed Program: one daemon in /usr/libexec
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal (if no other xdg-desktop-portal backend is installed)