libgudev-238

Introduction to libgudev

The libgudev package contains GObject bindings for libudev.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2 platform.

Package Information

Required

GLib-2.80.4 (GObject Introspection required for GNOME)

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.34.0 and umockdev-0.18.3 (for testing)

Installation of libgudev

Install libgudev 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.

-D gtk_doc=true: Use this option if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to build and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Program: None
Installed Libraries: libgudev-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gudev-1.0 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gudev

Short Descriptions

libgudev-1.0.so

is a GObject-based wrapper library for libudev