Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.0-816

Chapter 9. General Libraries

telepathy-glib-0.24.2

Introduction to Telepathy GLib

The Telepathy GLib contains a library used by GLib based Telepathy components. Telepathy is a D-Bus framework for unifying real time communication, including instant messaging, voice calls and video calls. It abstracts differences between protocols to provide a unified interface for applications.

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Package Information

Telepathy GLib Dependencies

Required

dbus-glib-0.112 and libxslt-1.1.39

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.78.1, and Vala-0.56.14

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2

Installation of Telepathy Glib

If you intend to run the tests, one of them defaults to invoking /usr/bin/python and fails if it is absent, causing the second batch of tests to not run - unlike the other tests which can be overridden from the environment. Fix it with the following command: 

sed -i 's%/usr/bin/python%&3%' tests/all-errors-documented.py

Install Telepathy GLib by running the following commands: 

PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 ./configure --prefix=/usr          \
                                    --enable-vala-bindings \
                                    --disable-static       &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-vala-bindings: This switch enables building of the Vala bindings. Remove if you don't have Vala-0.56.14 installed.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libtelepathy-glib.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/telepathy-1.0 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/telepathy-glib

Short Descriptions

libtelepathy-glib.so

contains the Telepathy GLib API functions