Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.4-534

Chapter 31. KDE Frameworks 6 Based Applications

gwenview-25.08.3

Introduction to Gwenview

Gwenview is a fast and easy-to-use image viewer for KDE.

[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

Gwenview Dependencies

Required

Exiv2-0.28.7, kimageannotator-0.7.1, KDE Frameworks-6.20.0, and Little CMS-2.17

Recommended

libkdcraw-25.08.3

Optional

plasma-activities-6.5.2 and CFitsio

Installation of Gwenview

Install Gwenview by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF6_PREFIX \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -D BUILD_TESTING=OFF                \
      -W no-dev .. &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: gwenview and gwenview_importer
Installed Libraries: libgwenviewlib.so and gvpart.so
Installed Directories: $KF6_PREFIX/share/{gwenview,doc/HTML/*/gwenview}

Short Descriptions

gwenview

is the KDE image viewer

gwenview_importer

is a Photo importer