Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.0-1306-wip

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

Grilo-0.3.16

Introduction to Grilo

Grilo is a framework focused on making media discovery and browsing easy for applications and application developers.

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Package Information

Grilo Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.78.3 and libxml2-2.12.4

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.78.1, GTK+-3.24.40, libsoup-3.4.4, totem-pl-parser-3.26.6, and Vala-0.56.14

Optional

DocBook-utils-0.6.14, liboauth-1.0.3, and GTK-Doc-1.33.2

Installation of Grilo

Install Grilo by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build    &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr          \
            --buildtype=release    \
            -Denable-gtk-doc=false \
            ..                     &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

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

-Denable-gtk-doc=false: This option disables generating documentation. If you have GTK-Doc-1.33.2 installed and wish to generate documentation, remove this option.

Contents

Installed Programs: grilo-test-ui-0.3, grl-inspect-0.3 and grl-launch-0.3
Installed Libraries: libgrilo-0.3.so, libgrlnet-0.3.so and libgrlpls-0.3.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/grilo-0.3

Short Descriptions

grilo-test-ui-0.3

is a simple playground application that you can use to test the framework and its plugins

grl-inspect-0.3

is a tool that prints out information on available Grilo sources

grl-launch-0.3

is a tool to run Grilo operations from command line

libgrilo.so

provides the Grilo framework

libgrlnet.so

provides Grilo networking helpers for plug-ins

libgrlpls.so

provides playlist handling functions