source: archive/appstream-glib.xml

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  <!ENTITY appstream-glib-download-http
   "http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appstream-glib/releases/appstream-glib-&appstream-glib-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY appstream-glib-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY appstream-glib-md5sum        "25f261265b71a4a9944028d4304ebc0d">
  <!ENTITY appstream-glib-size          "1.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY appstream-glib-buildsize     "17 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY appstream-glib-time          "0.1 SBU (with tests)">
]>

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<sect1 id="appstream-glib" xreflabel="appstream-glib-&appstream-glib-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="appstream-glib.html"?>


  <!-- No other tags inside any title.
       Use Title Case in All Titles -->
  <title>appstream-glib-&appstream-glib-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="appstream-glib">
    <primary sortas="a-appstream-glib">appstream-glib</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <!--Required section-->
  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to appstream-glib</title>

    <para>
      The <application>appstream-glib</application> provides GObjects and
      helper methods to make it easy to read and write AppStream metadata.
      It also provides a simple DOM implementation that makes it easy to
      edit nodes and convert to and from the standardized XML representation.
    </para>

    &lfs77_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&appstream-glib-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&appstream-glib-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &appstream-glib-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &appstream-glib-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &appstream-glib-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &appstream-glib-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">appstream-glib Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gdk-pixbuf"/>,
      <xref linkend="libarchive"/>
      <xref linkend="libsoup"/>, and
      <xref linkend="pango"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
      <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
      <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
      <ulink url="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gcab/">gcab</ulink>, and
      <ulink url="http://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/">yaml</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/appstream-glib"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of appstream-glib</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>appstream-glib</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>


<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --disable-dep11   \
            --disable-builder \
            --disable-static  &amp;&amp;

make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>. One test
      fails, if <ulink url="http://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/">yaml</ulink>
      is not installed.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <!--Optional section-->
  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

    <para>
      <parameter>--disable-builder</parameter>: Remove this switch, if you have
       <ulink url="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gcab/">gcab</ulink> installed.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--disable-dep11</parameter>: Remove this switch, if you have
      <ulink url="http://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/">yaml</ulink> installed.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

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           we would list the section as "None". However, a decision must have
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      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          appdata-validate and appstream-util
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libappstream-glib.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libappstream-glib,
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/appstream-glib and
          /usr/share/installed-tests/appstream-glib
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <!-- If the program or library name conflicts (is the same) as the
      package name, add -prog or -lib to the varlistentry entity id
      and the 2nd entry of the indexterm zone entity -->

<!--      <varlistentry id="appstream-builder">
        <term><command>appstream-builder</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Is a developers tool to build metadata.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="appstream-glib appstream-builder">
            <primary sortas="b-appstream-builder">appstream-builder</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>-->

      <varlistentry id="appdata-validate">
        <term><command>appdata-validate</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            validates AppData metadata.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="appstream-glib appdata-validate">
            <primary sortas="b-appdata-validate">appdata-validate</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="appstream-util">
        <term><command>appstream-util</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Is a management tool for appstream-builder.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="appstream-glib appstream-util">
            <primary sortas="b-appstream-util">appstream-util</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

<!--      <varlistentry id="libappstream-builder">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libappstream-builder.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that aid the developers tool appstream-builder.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="appstream-glib libappstream-builder">
            <primary sortas="c-libappstream-builder">libappstream-builder.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>-->

      <varlistentry id="libappstream-glib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libappstream-glib.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the api functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="appstream-glib libappstream-glib">
            <primary sortas="c-libappstream-glib">libappstream-glib.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
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