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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Download (HTTP): https://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/telepathy-glib/telepathy-glib-0.24.2.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: a3a75657e9389381b44fee1680f770a7
Download size: 3.7 MB
Estimated disk space required: 256 MB
Estimated build time: 1.2 SBU
dbus-glib-0.112 and libxslt-1.1.39
gobject-introspection-1.78.1, and Vala-0.56.14
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
--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.