source: general/genlib/libportal.xml@ 20f070d8

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libportal-download-http "https://github.com/flatpak/libportal/releases/download/&libportal-version;/libportal-&libportal-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY libportal-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libportal-md5sum        "2ca3806e18e2197dd87d22379405a624">
  <!ENTITY libportal-size          "52 KB">
  <!ENTITY libportal-buildsize     "3.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY libportal-time          "0.1 SBU">

]>

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

  <sect1info>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libportal-&libportal-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libportal">
    <primary sortas="a-libportal">libportal</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libportal</title>

    <para>
      The <application>libportal</application> package provides
      a library that contains GIO-style async APIs for most Flatpak portals.
    </para>

    &lfs101_checked;

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libportal Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="glib2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
    </para>


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

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libportal</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>libportal</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dgtk_doc=false .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

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

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

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

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

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dgtk_doc=false</parameter>: Remove this parameter if
      <application>GTK-Doc</application> is installed and you wish to rebuild
      and install the API documentation.
    </para>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libportal.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libportal and
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libportal
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libportal-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libportal.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides GIO-style async APIs for most Flatpak portals
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libportal libportal-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libportal">libportal.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>

</sect1>