Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r11.2-1152

Chapter 17. Networking Libraries

glib-networking-2.74.0

Introduction to GLib Networking

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

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the book.

Package Information

GLib Networking Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.74.5 and GnuTLS-3.7.8

Recommended

gsettings-desktop-schemas-43.0 (for the applications using this package to use proxy server settings in GNOME) and make-ca-1.12

Optional

libproxy

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/glib-networking

Installation of GLib Networking

Install GLib Networking by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr       \
      --buildtype=release &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. One test named connection-gnutls-tls1.2 is known to fail with GnuTLS 3.7.8 or later.

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.

Contents

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