libportal provides GIO-style async APIs for most Flatpak portals.
libportal
uses Meson to build its projects. To install Meson on your system,
follow the Getting Meson instructions. If your system is missing a
dependency, Meson will tell you which one. How you install your missing
dependencies is up to you.
The first time you build libportal, give meson
a directory to build into; we
recommend _build
:
meson _build
Then use ninja
to build the project, pointing it to your build directory:
ninja -C _build
For subsequent builds, you only need to use the ninja -C _build
command.
libportal includes Meson build options for components that can optionally
be built. After first running meson _build
, you can view the available options
with:
meson configure _build
To change an option, re-configure the project:
meson configure _build -Dportal-tests=gtk3
You can also pass in options right from the start, e.g. with:
meson _build -Dportal-tests=gtk3
Then build:
ninja -C _build
To generate test binaries, set the portal-tests
option to any combination of
gtk3
, gtk4
, or qt
e.g. -Dportal-tests=gtk3,gtk4,qt
. Then run the desired
test binary, e.g.:
./_build/portal-test/portal-test/gtk3/portal-test-gtk3
or
./_build/portal-test/portal-test/qt/portal-test-qt