Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 11.1

Chapter 9. General Libraries

gspell-1.8.4

Introduction to gspell

The gspell package provides a flexible API to add spell checking to a GTK+ application.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.1 platform.

Package Information

gspell Dependencies

Required

enchant-2.3.2 and GTK+-3.24.31

Optional

gobject-introspection-1.70.0, GTK-Doc-1.33.2, ISO Codes-4.9.0, Vala-0.54.7, and Valgrind-3.18.1

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gspell

Installation of gspell

Install gspell by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. One test, test-checker, is known to fail if the external package Hunspell is not installed. The tests also must be run in an X session.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: gspell-app1
Installed Libraries: libgspell-1.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gspell-1 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gspell-1.0

Short Descriptions

gspell-app1

checks the spelling of a text entered in a window

libgspell-1.so

is the gspell API library

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