source: general/genlib/appstream-glib.xml@ 0dc3f24

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  <!ENTITY appstream-glib-size          "1.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY appstream-glib-buildsize     "17 MB">
  <!ENTITY appstream-glib-time          "0.3 SBU ">
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<sect1 id="appstream-glib" xreflabel="Appstream-GLib-&appstream-glib-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="appstream-glib.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy: pierre $</othername>
    <date>$Date: 2014-08-30 18:39:13 +1200 (Sat, 30 Aug 2014) $</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Appstream-GLib-&appstream-glib-version;</title>

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

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Appstream-GLib</title>

    <para>
      The <application>Appstream-GLib</application> package contains a library
      that 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>

    &lfs76_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="gtk3"/>,
      <xref linkend="libarchive"/>,
      <xref linkend="libsoup"/> and
      <xref linkend="pango"/>
    </para>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
      <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> and
      <xref linkend="libxslt"/> (to build manual pages) and
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
    </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-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>. One test
      fails if <xref linkend="yaml"/> is not installed.
    </para>

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

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

  </sect2>

  <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-dep11</parameter>: Use this switch if you
      have not installed <xref linkend="yaml"/>.
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          appstream-builder and appstream-util
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libappstream-builder.so and libappstream-glib.so.
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libappstream-builder,
          /usr/include/libappstream-glib,
          /usr/lib/asb-plugins,
          /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"?>

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

      <varlistentry id="libappstream-glib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libappstream-glib.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains objects and helper methods to help reading and writing AppStream
            metadata.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="appstream-glib libappstream-glib">
            <primary sortas="c-libappstream-glib">libappstream-glib.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
   </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>