Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.8

Chapter 34. GNOME Libraries and Utilities

DConf-0.24.0 / DConf-Editor-3.16.1

Introduction to DConf

The DConf package contains a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to GSettings on platforms that don't already have configuration storage systems.

The DConf-Editor, as the name suggests, is a graphical editor for the DConf database. Installation is optional, because gsettings from GLib-2.44.1 provides similar functionality on the commandline.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.8 platform.

Package Information

Additional Package Information

DConf Dependencies

Required

D-Bus-1.10.0, GLib-2.44.1, GTK+-3.16.6 (for the editor), and libxml2-2.9.2 (for the editor)

Recommended

libxslt-1.1.28 and Vala-0.28.1

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.24

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/dconf

Installation of DConf

Install DConf by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

As the root user: 

make install

Now, optionally install the editor: 

tar -xf ../dconf-editor-3.16.1.tar.xz &&
cd dconf-editor-3.16.1 &&

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make

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: dconf and dconf-editor
Installed Libraries: libdconf-dbus-1.so and libdconf.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/dconf, /usr/include/dconf-dbus-1, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/dconf

Short Descriptions

dconf

is a simple tool for manipulating the DConf database.

dconf-editor

is a graphical program for editing the DConf database.

libdconf.so

contains the DConf client API functions.

libdconf-dbus-1.so

contains the DConf client API functions for D-Bus.

Last updated on 2015-09-27 13:40:33 -0700