GeoClue-2.7.0

Introduction to GeoClue

GeoClue is a modular geoinformation service built on top of the D-Bus messaging system. The goal of the GeoClue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as possible.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.

Package Information

GeoClue Dependencies

Required

JSON-GLib-1.6.6 and libsoup-3.2.2

Recommended

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2 and libnotify-0.8.1

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/geoclue2

Installation of GeoClue

Install GeoClue by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dgtk-doc=false .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

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.

-D3g-source=false: This switch disables the 3G backend. Use it if you have not installed the ModemManager package.

-Dmodem-gps-source=false: This switch disables the modem GPS backend. Use it if you have not installed the ModemManager package.

-Dcdma-source=false: This switch disables the CDMA source backend. Use it if you have not installed the ModemManager package.

-Dnmea-source=false: This switch disables the NMEA source. Use it if you have not installed the Avahi package.

-Ddemo-agent=false: This switch disables the demo. Use it if you have not installed the libnotify package.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgeoclue-2.so
Installed Directories: /etc/geoclue, /usr/include/libgeoclue-2.0, /usr/libexec/geoclue-2.0, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{geoclue,libgeoclue}