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

Chapter 33.  GNOME Libraries and Desktop

Zenity-3.24.0

Introduction to Zenity

Zenity is a rewrite of gdialog, the GNOME port of dialog which allows you to display GTK+ dialog boxes from the command line and shell scripts.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.1 platform.

Package Information

Zenity Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.22.18 and itstool-2.0.2

Recommended

libnotify-0.7.7 and libxslt-1.1.29

Optional

WebKitGTK+-2.16.6

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

Installation of Zenity

Install Zenity by running the following commands: 

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: gdialog and zenity
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/help/*/zenity and /usr/share/zenity

Short Descriptions

gdialog

is a Perl wrapper script which can be used with legacy scripts.

zenity

is a program that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return the user's input.

Last updated on 2017-08-30 15:02:32 -0700