Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.1

Chapter 33.  GNOME Libraries and Desktop

Gvfs-1.32.1

Introduction to Gvfs

The Gvfs package is a userspace virtual filesystem designed to work with the I/O abstractions of GLib's GIO library.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.1 platform.

Package Information

Gvfs Dependencies

Required

dbus-1.10.22 and GLib-2.52.3

Recommended

Gcr-3.20.0, GTK+-3.22.18, libgdata-0.17.9, libgudev-231, libsecret-0.18.5, libsoup-2.58.2, Systemd-234, and UDisks-2.7.2

Optional

Apache-2.4.27, Avahi-0.7, BlueZ-5.46, dbus-glib-0.108, Fuse-2.9.7, gnome-online-accounts-3.24.2, GTK-Doc-1.26, libarchive-3.3.2, libcdio-0.94, libgcrypt-1.8.0, libxml2-2.9.4, libxslt-1.1.29, OpenSSH-7.5p1, Samba-4.6.7, libbluray, libgphoto2, libimobiledevice, libmtp, and Twisted

Optional (Runtime)

obex-data-server-0.4.6

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gvfs

Installation of Gvfs

Install Gvfs by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --disable-gphoto2 &&
make

To test the results, issue: make -k check. Some tests (potentially half) may fail, normally due to a missing optional dependency (Twisted).

Now, as the root user: 

make install
[Note]

Note

If you installed the package to your system using a “DESTDIR” method, /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled was not updated/created. Create (or update) the file using the following command as the root user: 

glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

Command Explanations

--disable-gphoto2: This switch is required if libgphoto2 is not installed. Remove it if you installed libgphoto2 and wish to use it with Gvfs.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: gvfs-cat, gvfs-copy, gvfs-info, gvfs-less, gvfs-ls, gvfs-mime, gvfs-mkdir, gvfs-monitor-dir, gvfs-monitor-file, gvfs-mount, gvfs-move, gvfs-open, gvfs-rename, gvfs-rm, gvfs-save, gvfs-set-attribute, gvfs-trash, and gvfs-tree
Installed Library: libgvfscommon.so, libgvfsdaemon.so and some under /usr/lib/gio/modules/
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gvfs-client and /usr/{lib,share}/gvfs

Short Descriptions

gvfs-cat

concatenates the given files and prints them to the standard output.

gvfs-copy

copies a file from one URI location to another.

gvfs-info

shows information about the given locations.

gvfs-less

executes less using the VFS as the input preprocesor, so less can access any resource accessible by any of the Gvfs backends.

gvfs-ls

lists information about the given locations.

gvfs-mime

is used to query information about applications that are registered to handle a mime-type, or set the default handler for a mime-type.

gvfs-mkdir

creates a directory specified by an URI.

gvfs-monitor-dir

prints information about file creation, deletion, file content and attribute changes and mount and unmount operations inside the specified directories.

gvfs-monitor-file

prints information about creation, deletion, content and attribute changes and mount and unmount operations affecting the monitored files.

gvfs-mount

provides commandline access to various aspects of GIOs mounting functionality.

gvfs-move

moves a file from one URI location to another.

gvfs-open

opens files with the default application that is registered to handle files of that type.

gvfs-rename

changes the name of a file or directory.

gvfs-rm

removes a file.

gvfs-save

reads from the standard input and saves the data to the given location.

gvfs-set-attribute

sets attributes on files.

gvfs-trash

sends files or directories to the "Trashcan".

gvfs-tree

lists the contents of the given directories recursively, in a tree-like format.

libgvfscommon.so

contains the common API functions used in Gvfs programs.

Last updated on 2017-08-31 16:34:46 -0700