Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-1434

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

totem-pl-parser-3.26.6

Introduction to Totem PL Parser

The Totem PL Parser package contains a simple GObject-based library used to parse multiple playlist formats.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.3 platform.

Package Information

Totem PL Parser Dependencies

Recommended

GLib-2.82.4 (with GObject Introspection), libarchive-3.7.7, and libgcrypt-1.11.0

Optional

CMake-3.31.5, GTK-Doc-1.34.0, Gvfs-1.56.1 (for some tests), LCOV, and libquvi >= 0.9.1 and libquvi-scripts - if they are installed, then lua-socket (git) is necessary for the tests

[Note]

Note

An Internet connection is needed for some tests of this package. The system certificate store may need to be set up with make-ca-1.15 before testing this package.

Installation of Totem PL Parser

Install Totem PL Parser by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, issue: ninja test. The test named parser is known to fail.

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 Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libtotem-plparser-mini.so and libtotem-plparser.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/totem-pl-parser and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/totem-pl-parser

Short Descriptions

libtotem-plparser.so

is the Totem Playlist Parser library

libtotem-plparser-mini.so

is the Totem Playlist Parser library, mini version