Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r13.0-429

Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries

libglycin-gtk4 from glycin-2.1.1

Introduction to libglycin-gtk4

The libglycin-gtk4 library provides GTK-4 integration for glycin-2.1.1.

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Package Information

glycin Dependencies

Required

glycin-2.1.1 and GTK-4.22.3

Recommended

Vala-0.56.19

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An Internet connection is needed for building this package. The system certificate store may need to be set up with make-ca-1.16.1 before building this package.

Installation of libglycin-gtk4

Install libglycin-gtk4 by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr               \
            --buildtype=release         \
            -D libglycin=false          \
            -D libglycin-gtk4=true      \
            -D glycin-loaders=false     \
            -D glycin-thumbnailer=false &&
ninja

If you have installed Gi-DocGen-2026.1, you can build the documentation by issuing: 

sed "/install_dir:.*doc/s|,$| / 'glycin-' + meson.project_version()&|" \
    -i ../libglycin/meson.build &&

meson configure -D capi_docs=true &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-D *=false: These parameters disable the components already installed as a part of glycin-2.1.1.

-D vapi=false: This option allows building this package without Vala-0.56.19 installed.

Contents

Installed Library: libglycin-gtk4-2.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/glycin-gtk4-2 and /usr/share/doc/glycin-2.1.1/libglycin-gtk-2

Short Descriptions

libglycin-gtk4-2.so

provides API functions to convert glycin frames to GDK 4 textures