The JSON GLib package is a library providing serialization and deserialization support for the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format described by RFC 4627.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/json-glib/1.10/json-glib-1.10.8.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 95c3d5dd56d4ada808480739889b75bc
Download size: 1.2 MB
Estimated disk space required: 15 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (with tests)
GLib-2.86.1 (GObject Introspection required if building GNOME)
Install JSON GLib by running the following commands:
mkdir build && cd build && meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. && ninja
If docutils-0.22.2 is installed, build the man pages:
meson configure -D man=true && ninja
If Gi-DocGen-2025.5 is installed, build the API documentation:
sed "/json_docdir =/s|$| / 'json-glib-1.10.8'|" -i ../doc/meson.build && meson configure -D documentation=enabled && ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja test. One test, node, is known to fail.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-D gtk_doc=disabled: Add this option if
you have GTK-Doc-1.35.1 installed and do not wish to
generate the API documentation.