Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.3

Chapter 33.  GNOME Libraries and Desktop

geocode-glib-3.26.0

Introduction to Geocode GLib

The Geocode GLib is a convenience library for the Yahoo! Place Finder APIs. The Place Finder web service allows to do geocoding (finding longitude and latitude from an address), and reverse geocoding (finding an address from coordinates).

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.

Package Information

Geocode GLib Dependencies

Required

GTK-Doc-1.28, JSON-GLib-1.4.2, and libsoup-2.62.3

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.56.1

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/geocode-glib

Installation of Geocode GLib

Install Geocode GLib by running the following commands: 

mkdir build            &&
cd    build            &&
meson --prefix /usr .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libgeocode-glib.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/geocode-glib-1.0, /usr/libexec/installed-tests/geocode-glib, /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geocode-glib-1.0

Short Descriptions

libgeocode-glib.so

contains the Geocode GLib API functions.

Last updated on 2018-08-30 12:27:14 -0700