Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 10.1

Chapter 25. X Libraries

libcairomm-1.0 (cairomm-1.14.0)

Introduction to libcairomm-1.0

The libcairomm-1.0 package provides a C++ interface to Cairo.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

libcairomm-1.0 Dependencies

Required

Cairo-1.17.2+f93fc72c03e and libsigc++-2.10.6

Recommended

Boost-1.75.0 (for tests)

Optional

Doxygen-1.9.1

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/cairomm-1.0

Installation of libcairomm-1.0

Install Cairomm-1.0 by running the following commands: 

mkdir bld &&
cd    bld &&

meson --prefix=/usr       \
      -Dbuild-tests=true  \
      -Dboost-shared=true \
      ..                  &&
ninja

To run the test suite, run: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-Dbuild-tests=true: This switch is for building the unit tests. Remove if you have not installed Boost-1.75.0.

-Dboost-shared=true: This switch has the package use the shared version of boost libraries. It is required if you have not installed the boost static libraries, and you have passed -Dbuild-tests=true.

-Dbuild-documentation=true: This switch builds the html documentation if doxygen is installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libcairomm-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{lib,include}/cairomm-1.0 and /usr/share/{devhelp/books,doc}/cairomm-1.0 (optional)

Short Descriptions

libcairomm-1.0.so

contains the Cairo API classes

Last updated on 2021-02-21 11:05:24 -0800