Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.1

Chapter 33.  GNOME Libraries and Desktop

gnome-desktop-3.24.2

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-8.1 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Desktop Dependencies

Required

gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.24.0, GTK+-3.22.18, ISO Codes-3.75, itstool-2.0.2, libxml2-2.9.4, and xkeyboard-config-2.21

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.52.1

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.26

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

--with-gnome-distributor="Some Name": Use this parameter to supply a custom name in the “Distributor:” field of the “GNOME About” display window.

--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 Library: libgnome-desktop-3.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gnome-desktop-3.0, /usr/share/gnome, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3, and /usr/share/help/*/{fdl,gpl,lgpl}

Short Descriptions

libgnome-desktop-3.so

contains functions shared by several GNOME applications.

Last updated on 2017-08-28 21:49:50 -0700