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

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libcloudproviders-0.3.1

Introduction to libcloudproviders

The libcloudproviders package contains a library which provides a DBus API that allows cloud storage sync clients to expose their services.

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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

libcloudproviders Dependencies

Required

gobject-introspection-1.74.0 and Vala-0.56.3

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2

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

Installation of libcloudproviders

Install libcloudproviders by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

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: Use this switch if you have GTK-Doc-1.33.2 installed and wish to generate the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libcloudproviders.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/cloudproviders

Short Descriptions

libcloudproviders.so

contains functions that provide a DBus API to allow cloud storage sync clients to expose their services