source: general/sysutils/colord.xml

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Last change on this file was b9edd38b, checked in by Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>, 6 weeks ago

colord: Patch to fix two issues

The first issue only crashes the daemon when a sqlite error happens, so
it's mostly latent. The second issue causes /var/lib/colord/*.db opened
as read-only, it won't cause an issue until colord needs to modify the
content of these files. Note that for a fresh installation (w/o
/var/lib/colord/*.db) colord will immediately fail to start creating
these files.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY colord-download-http "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/releases/colord-&colord-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY colord-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY colord-md5sum "94bd795efa1931a34990345e4ac439a8">
10 <!ENTITY colord-size "1.7 MB">
11 <!ENTITY colord-buildsize "18 MB (with tests)">
12 <!ENTITY colord-time "0.4 SBU (with tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="colord" xreflabel="colord-&colord-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="colord.html"?>
17
18
19 <title>Colord-&colord-version;</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="colord">
22 <primary sortas="a-colord">Colord</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to Colord</title>
27
28 <para>
29 <application>Colord</application> is a system service that makes it easy
30 to manage, install, and generate color profiles. It is used mainly by
31 <application>GNOME Color Manager</application> for system integration
32 and use when no users are logged in.
33 </para>
34
35 &lfs121_checked;
36
37 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
38 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
39 <listitem>
40 <para>
41 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&colord-download-http;"/>
42 </para>
43 </listitem>
44 <listitem>
45 <para>
46 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&colord-download-ftp;"/>
47 </para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>
51 Download MD5 sum: &colord-md5sum;
52 </para>
53 </listitem>
54 <listitem>
55 <para>
56 Download size: &colord-size;
57 </para>
58 </listitem>
59 <listitem>
60 <para>
61 Estimated disk space required: &colord-buildsize;
62 </para>
63 </listitem>
64 <listitem>
65 <para>
66 Estimated build time: &colord-time;
67 </para>
68 </listitem>
69 </itemizedlist>
70
71 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
72 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
73 <listitem>
74 <para>
75 Required patch:
76 <ulink url="&patch-root;/colord-&colord-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch"/>
77 </para>
78 </listitem>
79 </itemizedlist>
80
81 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Colord Dependencies</bridgehead>
82
83 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
84 <para role="required">
85 <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
86 <xref linkend="glib2"/> (GObject Introspection recommended),
87 <xref linkend="lcms2"/>,
88 <xref linkend="polkit"/>, and
89 <!-- Polkit now needed, see #11481 in Trac -->
90 <xref linkend="sqlite"/>
91 </para>
92
93 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
94 <para role="recommended">
95 <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/>,</phrase>
96 <xref linkend="libgudev"/>,
97 <xref linkend="libgusb"/>,
98 <phrase revision="systemd" role="runtime"><xref linkend="systemd"/>
99 (runtime),</phrase>
100 and <xref linkend="vala"/>
101 </para>
102
103 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
104 <para role="optional">
105 <xref linkend="gnome-desktop"/> and
106 <xref linkend="colord-gtk"/> (to build the example tools),
107 <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
108 <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
109 <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
110 <xref linkend="sane"/>,
111 <ulink url="https://www.argyllcms.com/">ArgyllCMS</ulink>, and
112 <ulink url="https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/">Bash Completion</ulink>
113 </para>
114
115 </sect2>
116
117 <sect2 role="installation">
118 <title>Installation of Colord</title>
119
120 <para>
121 First, fix a misuse of sqlite API causing a test failure and potential
122 runtime crash<phrase revision='systemd'> and an over-strict systemd
123 hardening setting causing the systemd service fail to start</phrase>:
124 </para>
125
126<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../colord-&colord-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
127
128 <para>
129 There should be a dedicated user and group to take control of the colord
130 daemon after it has started. Issue the following commands as the
131 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
132 </para>
133
134<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 71 colord &amp;&amp;
135useradd -c "Color Daemon Owner" -d /var/lib/colord -u 71 \
136 -g colord -s /bin/false colord</userinput></screen>
137
138 <para>
139 Install <application>Colord</application> by running the following
140 commands:
141 </para>
142
143<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
144cd build &amp;&amp;
145
146meson setup .. \
147 --prefix=/usr \
148 --buildtype=release \
149 -Ddaemon_user=colord \
150 -Dvapi=true \
151 -Dsystemd=false \
152 -Dlibcolordcompat=true \
153 -Dargyllcms_sensor=false \
154 -Dbash_completion=false \
155 -Ddocs=false \
156 -Dman=false &amp;&amp;
157ninja</userinput></screen>
158
159<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
160cd build &amp;&amp;
161
162meson setup .. \
163 --prefix=/usr \
164 --buildtype=release \
165 -Ddaemon_user=colord \
166 -Dvapi=true \
167 -Dsystemd=true \
168 -Dlibcolordcompat=true \
169 -Dargyllcms_sensor=false \
170 -Dbash_completion=false \
171 -Ddocs=false \
172 -Dman=false &amp;&amp;
173ninja</userinput></screen>
174
175 <para>
176 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
177 </para>
178
179<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
180
181 <para>
182 To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>.
183 One test, <filename>colord-self-test-daemon</filename>, will fail if the
184 package is already installed. The test suite must be run with the
185 system-wide D-Bus Daemon running.
186 </para>
187
188 </sect2>
189
190 <sect2 role="commands">
191 <title>Command Explanations</title>
192
193 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
194 href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
195
196 <para>
197 <parameter>-Ddaemon_user=colord</parameter>: This switch is used
198 so the colord daemon will run as an unprivileged user instead of the
199 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.
200 </para>
201
202 <para>
203 <parameter>-Dvapi=true</parameter>: This switch enables building
204 the <application>Vala</application> bindings. Remove if you don't have
205 <xref linkend="vala"/> installed.
206 </para>
207
208 <para revision="sysv">
209 <parameter>-Dsystemd=false</parameter>: This switch disables
210 support for <application>systemd</application> login in Colord
211 applications.
212 </para>
213
214 <para revision="systemd">
215 <parameter>-Dsystemd=true</parameter>: This switch enables
216 installation of the <application>systemd</application> service.
217 </para>
218
219 <para>
220 <parameter>-Dlibcolordcompat=true</parameter>: This switch enables
221 building a compatibility library for older packages that use
222 <application>Colord</application>.
223 </para>
224
225 <para>
226 <parameter>-Dargyllcms_sensor=false</parameter>: This switch
227 disables the ArgLLCMS sensor driver. Omit if you have
228 <ulink url="https://www.argyllcms.com/">ArgyllCMS</ulink> installed
229 and wish to use it.
230 </para>
231
232 <para>
233 <parameter>-Dbash_completion=false</parameter>: This switch
234 disables Bash Completion support for Colord applications.
235 </para>
236
237 <para>
238 <parameter>-Ddocs=false</parameter>: This switch disables building
239 of documentation. Omit if you have <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> available.
240 </para>
241
242 <para>
243 <parameter>-Dman=false</parameter>: This switch disables building
244 of man pages. Omit if you have <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>
245 available. Namespaced versions of the docbook-xsl stylesheets
246 are also required.
247 </para>
248
249 </sect2>
250
251 <sect2 role="content">
252 <title>Contents</title>
253
254 <segmentedlist>
255 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
256 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
257 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
258
259 <seglistitem>
260 <seg>
261 cd-create-profile,
262 cd-fix-profile,
263 cd-iccdump,
264 cd-it8, and
265 colormgr
266 </seg>
267 <seg>
268 libcolord.so,
269 libcolordcompat.so,
270 libcolordprivate.so, and
271 libcolorhug.so
272 </seg>
273 <seg>
274 /usr/include/colord-1,
275 /usr/lib/colord-{plugins,sensors},
276 /usr/share/color{d},
277 /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/colord, and
278 /var/lib/colord
279 </seg>
280 </seglistitem>
281 </segmentedlist>
282
283 <variablelist>
284 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
285 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
286 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
287
288 <!-- If the program or library name conflicts (is the same) as the
289 package name, add -prog or -lib to the varlistentry entity id
290 and the 2nd entry of the indexterm zone entity -->
291
292 <varlistentry id="cd-create-profile">
293 <term><command>cd-create-profile</command></term>
294 <listitem>
295 <para>
296 is the Color Manager Profile Creation Tool
297 </para>
298 <indexterm zone="colord cd-create-profile">
299 <primary sortas="b-cd-create-profile">cd-create-profile</primary>
300 </indexterm>
301 </listitem>
302 </varlistentry>
303
304 <varlistentry id="cd-fix-profile">
305 <term><command>cd-fix-profile</command></term>
306 <listitem>
307 <para>
308 is a tool used to fix metadata in ICC profiles
309 </para>
310 <indexterm zone="colord cd-fix-profile">
311 <primary sortas="b-cd-fix-profile">cd-fix-profile</primary>
312 </indexterm>
313 </listitem>
314 </varlistentry>
315
316 <varlistentry id="cd-iccdump">
317 <term><command>cd-iccdump</command></term>
318 <listitem>
319 <para>
320 dumps the contents of an ICC profile as human readable text
321 </para>
322 <indexterm zone="colord cd-iccdump">
323 <primary sortas="b-cd-iccdump">cd-iccdump</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="cd-it8">
329 <term><command>cd-it8</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>
332 is the Color Manager Testing Tool
333 </para>
334 <indexterm zone="colord cd-it8">
335 <primary sortas="b-cd-it8">cd-it8</primary>
336 </indexterm>
337 </listitem>
338 </varlistentry>
339
340 <varlistentry id="colormgr">
341 <term><command>colormgr</command></term>
342 <listitem>
343 <para>
344 is a text-mode program that allows you to interact with colord on
345 the command line
346 </para>
347 <indexterm zone="colord colormgr">
348 <primary sortas="b-colormgr">colormgr</primary>
349 </indexterm>
350 </listitem>
351 </varlistentry>
352
353 <varlistentry id="libcolord.so">
354 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcolord.so</filename></term>
355 <listitem>
356 <para>
357 contains the <application>Colord</application> API functions
358 </para>
359 <indexterm zone="colord libcolord.so">
360 <primary sortas="c-libcolord.so">libcolord.so</primary>
361 </indexterm>
362 </listitem>
363 </varlistentry>
364
365 <varlistentry id="libcolordcompat.so">
366 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcolordcompat.so</filename></term>
367 <listitem>
368 <para>
369 contains legacy API functions for compatibility with older
370 applications
371 </para>
372 <indexterm zone="colord libcolordcompat.so">
373 <primary sortas="c-libcolordcompat.so">libcolordcompat.so</primary>
374 </indexterm>
375 </listitem>
376 </varlistentry>
377
378 <varlistentry id="libcolordprivate.so">
379 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcolordprivate.so</filename></term>
380 <listitem>
381 <para>
382 contains internal API functions for the programs included with
383 <application>Colord</application>
384 </para>
385 <indexterm zone="colord libcolordprivate.so">
386 <primary sortas="c-libcolordprivate.so">libcolordprivate.so</primary>
387 </indexterm>
388 </listitem>
389 </varlistentry>
390
391 <varlistentry id="libcolorhug.so">
392 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcolorhug.so</filename></term>
393 <listitem>
394 <para>
395 contains a simple display hardware colorimiter
396 </para>
397 <indexterm zone="colord libcolorhug.so">
398 <primary sortas="c-libcolorhug.so">libcolorhug.so</primary>
399 </indexterm>
400 </listitem>
401 </varlistentry>
402 </variablelist>
403 </sect2>
404
405</sect1>
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