gnome-vfs-2.2.3

Introduction to gnome-vfs

Download location (HTTP):       http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-vfs/2.2/gnome-vfs-2.2.3.tar.bz2
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-vfs/2.2/gnome-vfs-2.2.3.tar.bz2
Version used:                   2.2.3
Package size:                   972 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  13.6 MB
Estimated build time:           2.17 SBU

The gnome-vfs package contains virtual file system libraries. This is used as one of the foundations of the Nautilus file manager.

gnome-vfs depends on:
ORBit2-2.6.1, GConf-2.2.0, bonobo-activation-2.2.1.1 and gnome-mime-data-2.2.0
gnome-vfs will utilize:
libfam-2.6.9, openssl-0.9.7a, CDParanoia-III-9.8, gtk-doc-1.0 and xml-dtd-4.2

Installation of gnome-vfs

Install gnome-vfs by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --disable-gtk-doc && make && make install

Command explanations

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome : This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc.

--disable-gtk-doc : This switch will prevent the rebuilding of documentation during the make command.

Contents

The gnome-vfs package contains libgnomevfs libraries.

Description