Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-875

Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

libcairomm-1.16 (cairomm-1.18.0)

Introduction to libcairomm-1.16

The libcairomm-1.16 package provides a C++ interface to Cairo. This version of the API is needed to support gtkmm-4.

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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

libcairomm-1.16 Dependencies

Required

Cairo-1.18.2 and libsigc++-3.6.0

Recommended

Boost-1.87.0 (for tests)

Optional

Doxygen-1.12.0

Installation of libcairomm-1.16

Install Cairomm-1.16 by running the following commands: 

mkdir bld &&
cd    bld &&

meson setup ..             \
      --prefix=/usr        \
      --buildtype=release  \
      -D build-tests=true  \
      -D boost-shared=true &&
ninja

To run the test suite, run: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-D build-tests=true: This switch is for building the unit tests. Remove if you have not installed Boost-1.87.0.

-D boost-shared=true: This switch has the package use the shared version of boost libraries. It is required if you have not installed the boost static libraries, and you have passed -D build-tests=true.

-D build-documentation=true: This switch builds the html documentation if doxygen is installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libcairomm-1.16.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{lib,include}/cairomm-1.16 and /usr/share/{devhelp/books,doc}/cairomm-1.16 (optional)

Short Descriptions

libcairomm-1.16.so

contains the Cairo API classes