Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.2-723

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

tinysparql-3.8.1

Introduction to Tinysparql

Tinysparql is a low-footprint RDF triple store with a SPARQL 1.1 interface.

[Note]

Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Tinysparql Dependencies

Required

JSON-GLib-1.10.0 and Vala-0.56.17

Recommended

GLib-2.82.2 (with GObject Introspection), ICU-76.1, libsoup-3.6.1, PyGObject-3.50.0, SQLite-3.47.0, and localsearch-3.8.1 (runtime)

Optional

asciidoc-10.2.1, Avahi-0.8, Graphviz-12.2.0, and bash-completion

Installation of Tinysparql

[Warning]

Warning

If you are upgrading this package from a version that was from when this package was known as Tracker, remove a file that will cause a conflict as the root user: 

rm -fv /usr/lib/systemd/user/tracker-xdg-portal-3.service

Fix the location to install the documentation into: 

mv docs/reference/libtracker-sparql/doc/{Tsparql-3.0,tinysparql-3.8.1} &&
sed '/docs_name/s/Tsparql-3.0/tinysparql-3.8.1/' \
    -i docs/reference/libtracker-sparql/meson.build

Install Tinysparql by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -D man=false        \
            ..                  &&
ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

To test the results, issue: meson configure -D debug=true && LC_ALL=C ninja test. The test suite should be run from a graphical session. One test is known to fail due to the manual pages not being generated.

Command Explanations

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

-D man=false: This switch prevents the build process from generating man pages. Omit this switch if you have asciidoc-10.2.1 installed and wish to generate and install the man pages.

meson configure -D debug=true: This command enables some debug checks necessary for the test suite. We don't want to enable them for the installed tinysparql libraries and programs, so we run the test suite after installation.

Contents

Installed Programs: tinysparql
Installed Library: libtinysparql-3.0.so and libtracker-sparql-3.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{include,lib}/tinysparql-3.0 and /usr/share/doc/tinysparql-3.8.1 (optional)

Short Descriptions

tinysparql

is a control program for TinySPARQL databases

libtinysparql-3.0.so

contains functions for administering TinySPARQL databases

libtracker-sparql-3.0.so

contains resource management and database functions