Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r11.2-237

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

Folks-0.15.5

Introduction to Folks

Folks is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources (e.g, Telepathy connection managers and Evolution Data Server, Facebook, etc.) to create metacontacts.

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Package Information

Folks Dependencies

Required

evolution-data-server-3.44.4, gobject-introspection-1.74.0, libgee-0.20.5, dbusmock-0.28.4, and telepathy-glib-0.24.2

Recommended

BlueZ-5.65 and Vala-0.56.3

Optional

libsocialweb and Zeitgeist

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

Installation of Folks

Install Folks by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, issue ninja test from a local X session started with dbus-launch. A few tests may time out.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-Ddocs=true: This switch enables documentation generation.

Contents

Installed Programs: folks-import and folks-inspect
Installed Libraries: libfolks-dummy.so, libfolks-eds.so, libfolks.so, and libfolks-telepathy.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/folks and /usr/lib/folks

Short Descriptions

folks-import

is used to import meta-contact information to libfolks

folks-inspect

is used to inspect meta-contact information in libfolks

libfolks-eds.so

contains Evolution specific implementations of the libfolks classes

libfolks.so

contains the Folks API functions

libfolks-telepathy.so

contains Telepathy specific implementations of the libfolks classes