Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.4-1405

Chapter 17. Networking Libraries

glib-networking-2.80.1

Introduction to GLib Networking

The GLib Networking package contains Network related gio modules for GLib.

[Note]

Note

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 13.0 platform.

Package Information

GLib Networking Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.86.4 and GnuTLS-3.8.12

Recommended

gsettings-desktop-schemas-49.1 (for the applications using this package to use proxy server settings in GNOME) and make-ca-1.16.1

Optional

libproxy-0.5.12

Installation of GLib Networking

Install GLib Networking by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup             \
   --prefix=/usr        \
   --buildtype=release  \
   -D libproxy=disabled \
   .. &&
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.

-D libproxy=disabled: This switch disables libproxy support. If you wish to build with libproxy to allow this package to retrieve proxy settings via it's API, remove this switch.

Contents

Installed Program: None
Installed Libraries: libgiognomeproxy.so and libgiognutls.so (GIO Modules installed in /usr/lib/gio/modules)
Installed Directories: None