Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 9.1

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

Mutter-3.34.4

Introduction to Mutter

Mutter is the window manager for GNOME. It is not invoked directly, but from GNOME Session (on a machine with a hardware accelerated video driver).

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1 platform.

Package Information

Mutter Dependencies

Required

gnome-desktop-3.34.4, gnome-settings-daemon-3.34.2, libcanberra-0.30, libwacom-0.29, libxkbcommon-0.10.0, pipewire-0.2.7, UPower-0.99.11, and Zenity-3.32.0

Recommended

desktop-file-utils-0.24, gobject-introspection-1.62.0, and startup-notification-0.12

Recommended (Required to build the Wayland compositor)

libinput-1.15.1, Wayland-1.18.0, wayland-protocols-1.18, and Xorg-Server-1.20.7 (with Xwayland). Additionally, GTK+-3.24.13 needs to be built with Wayland support.

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

Installation of Mutter

Install Mutter by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, issue: ninja test. The tests require an active X session to run correctly. Some (18 of 92) tests require a wayland based session.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Contents

Installed Programs: mutter
Installed Libraries: libmutter-5.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{lib,include,libexec/installed-tests,share/{installed-tests}}/mutter-5

Short Descriptions

mutter

is a Clutter based compositing GTK+ Window Manager.

libmutter-5.so

contains the Mutter API functions.

Last updated on 2020-02-26 22:00:52 -0800