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

Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

libdazzle-3.44.0

Introduction to libdazzle

libdazzle is a companion library to GObject and GTK+ that adds APIs for special graphical effects.

[Note]

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

libdazzle Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.36

Recommended

Vala-0.56.3

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

Installation of libdazzle

Install libdazzle by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

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: dazzle-list-counters
Installed Library: libdazzle-1.0.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/libdazzle-1.0

Short Descriptions

dazzle-list-counters

lists counters that are in use by a process

libdazzle-1.0.so

contains API functions for graphical effects