Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.6-systemd

Chapter 31. GNOME Libraries and Utilities

gnome-desktop-3.12.2

Introduction to GNOME Desktop

The GNOME Desktop package contains a library that provides an API shared by several applications on the GNOME Desktop.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 systemd platform.

Package Information

GNOME Desktop Dependencies

Required

gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.12.2, GTK+-3.12.2, ISO Codes-3.56, xkeyboard-config-2.12, and yelp-xsl-3.12.0

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.40.0

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.20

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-desktop

Installation of GNOME Desktop

Install GNOME Desktop by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gnome-distributor="BLFS" &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgnome-desktop-3.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gnome-desktop-3.0, /usr/share/gnome, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3, /usr/share/help/*/gpl, /usr/share/help/*/lgpl, /usr/share/help/*/fdl, and /usr/share/libgnome-desktop-3.0

Short Descriptions

libgnome-desktop-3.so

contains functions shared by several GNOME applications.

Last updated on 2014-08-25 14:56:55 -0700