source: networking/netlibs/geoclue.xml@ 911d9698

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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>

    &lfs74_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">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required patch (if GPSD is installed):
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/geoclue-&geoclue-version;-gpsd_fix-1.patch"/>
        </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="https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/gpsd">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>patch -Np1 -i ../geoclue-&geoclue-version;-gpsd_fix-1.patch &amp;&amp;
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
      <command>sed</command> removes <parameter>-Werror</parameter> from the
      <envar>CFLAGS</envar> variable, otherwise the build will fail with
      <application>gcc-4.7</application>.
    </para>

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

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

    <para>
      <parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/geoclue</parameter>: This option installs
      <application>GeoClue's</application> private executables into
      <filename class="libraryfile">/usr/lib/geoclue</filename>.
    </para>
  </sect2>

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

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libgeoclue.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/geoclue, /usr/lib/geoclue, /usr/share/geoclue-providers,
          and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue
        </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>