libsoup-3.6.5

Introduction to libsoup

The libsoup is a HTTP client/server library for GNOME. It uses GObject and the GLib main loop to integrate with GNOME applications and it also has an asynchronous API for use in threaded applications.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.4 platform.

Package Information

libsoup Dependencies

Required

glib-networking-2.80.1, libpsl-0.21.5, and libxml2-2.15.1

Recommended

Optional

"apache" (required to run the test suite), Brotli-1.2.0,

Installation of libsoup

Prepare libsoup by running the following commands:

meson setup --prefix=/usr build \
            --buildtype=release \
            -D vapi=enabled     \
            -D gssapi=disabled  \
            -D sysprof=disabled
ninja -C build

One test named ssl-test is known to fail. To test the results, issue:

ninja -C build test

Now Install the package, as the root user:

ninja -C build install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

-D vapi=disabled: Use this if you have not installed Vala, e.g. because you are not building GNOME.

-D doc=enabled: Use this option if you want to build the documentation. Note that you must have "gtk-doc" installed.

-D gssapi=disabled: libsoup defaults to building with GSSAPI support, which requires Kerberos (as does the test suite). If you are building GNOME or have kerberos installed, remove this option.

-D sysprof=disabled: libsoup will automatically download a git version of sysprof if git is available or use the installed version if it is present on the system. If you need profiling, remove this option.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libsoup-3.0.so (link), and libsoup-3.0.so.0.7.4,
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libsoup-3.0/libsoup, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libsoup-3.0 (optional)

Short Descriptions

libsoup-3.0.so

provides functions for asynchronous HTTP connections