#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r13.0-491

### Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

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# gnome-bluetooth-47.2

## Introduction to GNOME Bluetooth

The GNOME Bluetooth package contains tools for managing and manipulating Bluetooth devices using the GNOME Desktop.

### Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-bluetooth/47/gnome-bluetooth-47.2.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 8b4677d6693a6619f28d97a895f1b3be

- Download size: 292 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 12 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4, with tests)

### GNOME Bluetooth Dependencies

#### Required

gsound-1.0.3, GTK-4.22.4, libnotify-0.8.8, and UPower-1.91.2

#### Recommended

GLib-2.88.0 (with GObject Introspection) and libadwaita-1.9.0

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.36.1 and dbusmock-0.38.1

#### Runtime Dependencies

BlueZ-5.86

## Installation of GNOME Bluetooth

Install GNOME Bluetooth by running the following commands:

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

    meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
    ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Command Explanations

`--buildtype=release`: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

## Contents

Installed Programs: bluetooth-sendto
Installed Libraries: libgnome-bluetooth-3.0.so and libgnome-bluetooth-ui-3.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gnome-bluetooth-3.0 and /usr/share/gnome-bluetooth-3.0

### Short Descriptions

bluetooth-sendto | is a GTK+ application for transferring files over Bluetooth
`libgnome-bluetooth-3.0.so` | contains the GNOME Bluetooth API functions

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