Snapshot-48.0.1

Introduction to Snapshot

The Snapshot package contains a program that takes pictures and videos from a Webcam.

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

Package Information

Snapshot Dependencies

Required

libadwaita-1.7.6, gst-plugins-bad-1.26.5, and rustc-1.89.0

Required at runtime

libgstgtk4 from gst-plugins-rs-1.26.5, pipewire-1.4.7, xdg-desktop-portal-gnome-48.0, and Xdg-user-dirs-0.18

Installation of Snapshot

[Note]

Note

This package takes a long time to build because LTO is enabled, and the LTO pass is not parallelized.

Install Snapshot by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user:

ninja install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Programs: snapshot
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/snapshot

Short Descriptions

snapshot

is a program used to take pictures and videos from a Webcam