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

Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

libnotify-0.8.3

Introduction to libnotify

The libnotify library is used to send desktop notifications to a notification daemon, as defined in the Desktop Notifications spec. These notifications can be used to inform the user about an event or display some form of information without getting in the user's way.

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Package Information

libnotify Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.38

Optional (Required if building GNOME)

gobject-introspection-1.78.1

Optional

Gi-DocGen-2023.3 and xmlto-0.0.28

Required (runtime)

notification-daemon-3.20.0, xfce4-notifyd-0.9.3, or lxqt-notificationd-1.4.0

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GNOME Shell and KDE KWin provide their own notification daemons.

Installation of libnotify

Install libnotify by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -Dgtk_doc=false     \
            -Dman=false         \
            ..                  &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

If you have Gi-DocGen-2023.3 installed and wish to build the API documentation for this package, issue: 

sed "/docs_dir =/s@\$@ / 'libnotify'@" \
    -i ../docs/reference/meson.build   &&
meson configure -Dgtk_doc=true         &&
ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install &&
if [ -e /usr/share/doc/libnotify ]; then
  rm -rf /usr/share/doc/libnotify-0.8.3
  mv -v  /usr/share/doc/libnotify{,-0.8.3}
fi

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

Contents

Installed Program: notify-send
Installed Library: libnotify.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libnotify and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libnotify

Short Descriptions

notify-send

is a command used to send notifications

libnotify.so

contains the libnotify API functions