libgedit-gtksourceview-299.2.1

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 12.2

### Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

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# libgedit-gtksourceview-299.2.1

## Introduction to libgedit-gtksourceview

The libgedit-gtksourceview package provides a library that extends GtkTextView. This library adds support for syntax highlighting, undo/redo, file loading and saving, search and replace, a completion system, printing, displaying line numbers, and other features typical of a source code editor.

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

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://github.com/gedit-technology/libgedit-gtksourceview/releases/download/299.2.1/libgedit-gtksourceview-299.2.1.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: d92e9d2b10478569e0b02fa347b6ef5f

- Download size: 636 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 22 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.4 SBU (with tests)

### libgedit-gtksourceview Dependencies

#### Required

GTK+-3.24.43 and libxml2-2.13.3

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.34.0

## Installation of libgedit-gtksourceview

Install libgedit-gtksourceview by running the following commands:

    mkdir build-libgedit &&
    cd    build-libgedit &&

    meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
                --buildtype=release \
                -D gtk_doc=false    \
                .. &&
    ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

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.

`-D gtk_doc=false`: Disables building the API documentation. Remove if you have GTK-Doc-1.34.0 installed and wish to build the API documentation.

## Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgedit-gtksourceview-300.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libgedit-gtksourceview-300 and /usr/share/libgedit-gtksourceview-300

### Short Descriptions

`libgedit-gtksourceview-300.so` | contains convenience functions for text editing.

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