From 279aa216375d46b08ea28ed0f161d034ac32caee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Allen Winter Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:44:03 -0400 Subject: say goodbye to the old custom Python bindings in src/python The Python bindings are now generated using glib-introspection. --- Install.txt | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Install.txt') diff --git a/Install.txt b/Install.txt index 30b4de99..cefb3cd1 100644 --- a/Install.txt +++ b/Install.txt @@ -123,7 +123,14 @@ This C library can be built with bindings for these other languages: Turn this off by passing -DWITH_CXX_BINDINGS=False option to CMake. Don't mix ABI from C and C++ compilers. -* There are Java, Perl, PHP and Python bindings but they are old and haven't +* Python bindings are built using glib-introspection, which is enabled + by passing -DGOBJECT_INTROSPECTION=True to CMake. + Requires the GObject Introspection development package. + + Don't forget to set (or append to, as needed) the GI_TYPELIB_PATH environment + variable to $PREFIX/lib/girepository-1.0 (or $PREFIX/lib64/girepository-1.0). + +* There are Java, Perl and PHP bindings but they are old and haven't been tested in a very long time. Volunteers wanted. == Tweaking the Library Behavior == -- cgit v1.2.1