Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.5

Chapter 39. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

Grilo-0.2.8

Introduction to Grilo

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

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.5 platform.

Package Information

Grilo Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.10.7

Recommended

libsoup-2.44.2, gobject-introspection-1.38.0 and Grilo-Plugins-0.2.10 (runtime)

Optional

DocBook-utils-0.6.14, liboauth (to configure flickr personal accounts), and Vala-0.22.1

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/grilo

Installation of Grilo

Install Grilo by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --disable-static &&
make

This package does not have a testsuite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--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: grilo-simple-playlist, grilo-test-ui-0.2, and grl-inspect-0.2
Installed Libraries: libgrilo-0.2.so, libgrlnet-0.2.so and libgrlpls-0.2.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/grilo-0.2

Short Descriptions

grilo-test-ui-0.2

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

grl-inspect-0.2

is a tool that prints out information on available Grilo sources.

libgrilo.so

provides the Grilo framework.

libgrlnet.so

provides Grilo networking helpers for plug-ins.

libgrlpls.so

provides playlist handling functions.

Last updated on 2014-02-22 07:06:53 -0800