gexiv2-0.14.0

Introduction to gexiv2

gexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library.

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Package Information

gexiv2 Dependencies

Required

Exiv2-0.27.6

Recommended

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2 (for documentation)

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gexiv2

Installation of gexiv2

Install gexiv2 by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, run ninja test.

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: None
Installed Libraries: libgexiv2.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gexiv2

Short Descriptions

libgexiv2.so

provides a wrapper around the Exiv2 library