source: networking/netlibs/geoclue.xml@ 79e6d17

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY geoclue-download-http
  "https://launchpad.net/geoclue/trunk/0.12/+download/geoclue-0.12.0.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY geoclue-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY geoclue-md5sum        "33af8307f332e0065af056ecba65fec2">
  <!ENTITY geoclue-size          "556 KB">
  <!ENTITY geoclue-buildsize     "11 MB">
  <!ENTITY geoclue-time          "0.1 SBU">
]>

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

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

  <title>GeoClue-&geoclue-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="geoclue">
    <primary sortas="a-geoclue">GeoClue</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>
      <application>GeoClue</application> is a modular geoinformation service
      built on top of the <application>D-Bus</application> messaging system. The
      goal of the <application>GeoClue</application> project is to make creating
      location-aware applications as simple as possible. 
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
      <xref linkend="GConf"/> and
      <xref linkend="libxslt"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended if you are building GNOME</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="libsoup"/> and 
      <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>.
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <ulink url="http://gpsd.berlios.de/">GPSD</ulink>,
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
      <ulink url="http://ofono.org/">oFono</ulink>.
    </para>

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

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

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

<screen><userinput>sed -i "s@ -Werror@@" configure &amp;&amp;
sed -i "s@libnm_glib@libnm-glib@g" configure &amp;&amp;
sed -i "s@geoclue/libgeoclue.la@&amp; -lgthread-2.0@g" \
       providers/skyhook/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/geoclue &amp;&amp;
make</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>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

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

    <para>
      <command>sed -i "s@ -Werror@@" configure</command>: This sed removes
      -Werror from the CFLAGS, otherwise the build will fail with gcc-4.7.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i "s@libnm_glib@libnm-glib@g" configure</command>:
      This sed fixes detection of NetworkManager libraries.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i "s@geoclue/libgeoclue.la@&amp; -lgthread-2.0@g" ..
      </command>: This sed fixes building geoclue with recent binutils.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/geoclue</option>: This option installs its
      private executables into /usr/lib/geoclue.
    </para>
  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          libgeoclue.so.
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/lib/geoclue and /usr/share/geoclue-providers.
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libgeoclue">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgeoclue.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that provide the
            <application>GeoClue</application> geoinformation application
            programming interface
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="geoclue libgeoclue">
            <primary sortas="c-libgeoclue">libgeoclue.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
</sect1>