Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.0

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

gnome-terminal-3.22.1

Introduction to GNOME Terminal

The GNOME Terminal package contains the terminal emulator for GNOME Desktop.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.0 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Terminal Dependencies

Required

Appstream-GLib-0.6.8, DConf-0.26.0, gnome-shell-3.22.3, gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.22.0, itstool-2.0.2, pcre2-10.23, and VTE-0.46.1

Recommended

Nautilus-3.22.2

Optional

desktop-file-utils-0.23

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

Installation of GNOME Terminal

Install GNOME Terminal by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr       \
            --disable-migration \
            --disable-static    &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install
[Note]

Note

To run GNOME Terminal, the environment variable LANG must be set to a UTF-8 locale prior to starting the graphical environment.

Command Explanations

--disable-migration: This switch disables building the GNOME Terminal GConf migration tool which is not necessary for BLFS.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Program: gnome-terminal
Installed Libraries: /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0/libterminal-nautilus.so (Nautilus Extension)
Installed Directories: /usr/share/help/*/gnome-terminal

Short Descriptions

gnome-terminal

is the GNOME Terminal Emulator.

Last updated on 2017-02-20 15:27:17 -0800