Gconnect

Implementation of the KDEConnect protocol in Vala using GLib2. Plugins can be written in Vala, C Python or Lua using libpeas.

Building

Dependencies:

• vala
• meson
• glib2
• gobject-introspection
• libgee
• libpeas
• json-glib
• gnutls
• libnotify

For the plugins:

• gtk-3
• caribou

To build gconnect:

mkdir build && cd $_
meson ..
ninja && sudo ninja install

Experimental bluetooth support:

Set the gconnect_bluetooth option to true in the meson_options.txt file or with the command-line:

meson configure -Dgconnect_bluetooth=true

Then build.

It needs a modified apk. See https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6ggb36/kde_connect_works_over_bluetooth_now_please_help/

Usage

Start the daemon with:

gconnectd

Or with the debug option to get more information:

gconnectd --debug

By default, gconnect is installed in /usr/local, if you get an error because of missing libraries, try:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/ GI_TYPELIB_PATH=/usr/local/lib/girepository-1.0 gconnectd

Special Thanks

This project uses a few pieces of other projects, thanks to:

• KDEConnect for the protocol.
• mconnect other implementation in Vala of the kdeconnect protocol.