source: gnome/core/libgdata.xml@ b0369f3

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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 libgdata-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/libgdata/0.13/libgdata-&libgdata-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY libgdata-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/libgdata/0.13/libgdata-&libgdata-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY libgdata-md5sum        "5c488944a4b3b379d1ca335c81fa35b4">
  <!ENTITY libgdata-size          "1.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY libgdata-buildsize     "45 MB">
  <!ENTITY libgdata-time          "0.8 SBU">
]>

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

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

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

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

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

    <para>
      The <application>libgdata</application> package is a GLib-based
      library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol, most
      notably, Google's services. It provides APIs to access the common Google
      services, and has full asynchronous support.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gnome-online-accounts"/>,
      <xref linkend="libsoup"/> and
      <xref linkend="liboauth"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/> and
      <xref linkend="gtk3"/>
    </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;/libgdata"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

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

    <para>
      Install <application>libgdata</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 check</command> Note that
      the tests need network access, will generate network traffic for uploading
      and downloading, and seem to stall when testing Connection: Keep-Alive.
    </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"/>

  </sect2>

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

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          libgdata.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libgdata and
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gdata
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libgdata-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdata.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>libgdata</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libgdata libgdata-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libgdata">libgdata.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>