source: networking/netlibs/libgdata.xml@ 43a56d1

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

  <!ENTITY libgdata-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/libgdata/0.10/libgdata-&libgdata-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY libgdata-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/libgdata/0.10/libgdata-&libgdata-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY libgdata-md5sum        "f01492964aec95215f7c7ab45c763ae4">
  <!ENTITY libgdata-size          "1.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY libgdata-buildsize     "62 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>

    &lfs70_built;

    <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="liboauth"/> and
    <xref linkend="libsoup"/></para>

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

    <para><option>--enable-static=no</option>: This switch prevents the static
    libraries being installed.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>libgdata.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>/usr/{include/libgdata/gdata/{app,atom,gcontact,gd,media,
        services/{calendar,contacts,documents,picasaweb,youtube}},
        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,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the <application>libgdata</application> API
          functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libgdata libgdata-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libgdata">libgdata.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>