Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.2

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

xdg-desktop-portal-gnome-46.2

Introduction to xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

xdg-desktop-portal-gnome is a backend for xdg-desktop-portal, that is using GTK and various pieces of GNOME infrastructure.

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

Package Information

xdg-desktop-portal-gnome Dependencies

Required

gnome-backgrounds-46.0, gnome-desktop-44.1, GTK-4.14.5, libadwaita-1.5.3, xdg-desktop-portal-1.18.2, and xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.15.1 (at runtime)

Installation of xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

Install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr              \
            --buildtype=release        \
            -D systemduserunitdir=/tmp \
            ..                         &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Remove systemd files that are useless (as the root user): 

rm -vf /tmp/*.service
[Note]

Note

If you installed the package to your system using a “DESTDIR” method, /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled was not updated/created. Create (or update) the file using the following command as the root user: 

glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

Contents

Installed Program: one daemon in /usr/libexec
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal (if no other xdg-desktop-portal backend is installed)