Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.4

Chapter 33.  GNOME Libraries and Desktop

gnome-shell-3.30.2

Introduction to GNOME Shell

The GNOME Shell is the core user interface of the GNOME Desktop environment.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

GNOME Shell Dependencies

Required

Caribou-0.4.21, evolution-data-server-3.30.5, Gjs-1.54.3, gnome-control-center-3.30.3, libcroco-0.6.12, Mutter-3.30.2, sassc-3.5.0, startup-notification-0.12, and Systemd-240

Recommended

gnome-bluetooth-3.28.2, gst-plugins-base-1.14.4, and network-manager-applet-1.8.20

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.29

Runtime Dependencies

adwaita-icon-theme-3.30.1, DConf-0.30.1, GDM-3.30.2, gnome-backgrounds-3.30.0, gnome-menus-3.31.4, gnome-themes-extra-3.28, and telepathy-mission-control-5.16.4

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

Installation of GNOME Shell

Install GNOME Shell by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../gnome-shell-3.30.2-security_fix-1.patch &&

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. You must be running an X session to run the tests. Some will fail if GDM-3.30.2 is not installed.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Contents

Installed Programs: gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extension-prefs, gnome-shell-extension-tool, and gnome-shell-perf-tool
Installed Libraries: libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so (Browser Plugin)
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{shell,st}, and /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/

Short Descriptions

gnome-shell

provides the core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 Desktop.

Last updated on 2019-02-20 23:16:01 -0800