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

Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries

babl-0.1.98

Introduction to Babl

The Babl package is a dynamic, any to any, pixel format translation library.

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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

Babl Dependencies

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.74.0 and librsvg-2.54.5

Optional

Little CMS-2.14 and w3m

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/babl

Installation of Babl

Install Babl by running the following commands: 

mkdir bld &&
cd    bld &&

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

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install &&

install -v -m755 -d                         /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/babl/graphics &&
install -v -m644 docs/*.{css,html}          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/babl          &&
install -v -m644 docs/graphics/*.{html,svg} /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/babl/graphics

Command Explanations

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/babl/graphics: This and the subsequent commands install the library html documentation under /usr/share/gtk-doc/html where other gtk packages put the programmer-oriented documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libbabl-0.1.so and libraries in /usr/lib/babl-0.1
Installed Directories: /usr/{include,lib}/babl-0.1 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/babl

Short Descriptions

libbabl-0.1.so

contains functions to access BablFishes to convert between formats