source: archive/gnome/caribou-new.xml

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY caribou-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/caribou/0.4/caribou-&caribou-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY caribou-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/caribou/0.4/caribou-&caribou-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY caribou-md5sum        "16b76cd7453b99e2871e8d4da88bf976">
  <!ENTITY caribou-size          "420 KB">
  <!ENTITY caribou-buildsize     "13 MB">
  <!ENTITY caribou-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="caribou" xreflabel="Caribou-&caribou-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="caribou.html"?>


  <title>Caribou-&caribou-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="caribou">
    <primary sortas="a-Caribou">Caribou</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Caribou</title>

    <para>
      <application>Caribou</application> is an input assistive technology
      intended for switch and pointer users.
    </para>

    &lfs84_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&caribou-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&caribou-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &caribou-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &caribou-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &caribou-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &caribou-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Caribou Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="clutter"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
      <xref linkend="libgee"/>,
      <xref linkend="libxklavier"/>,
      <xref linkend="pygobject2"/>, and
      <xref linkend="pygobject3"/> (needed regardless of what version of GTK is in use)
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="vala"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
      <xref linkend="vala"/> (with Valadoc installed)
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Additional Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      For most <application>GNOME</application> users, this package is only
      required as a compile-time dependency for other packages. If
      you intend to use its keyboard you will require
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="dbus-python"/>,
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="dconf"/> and
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="pyatspi2"/> at runtime.
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/caribou"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Caribou</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Caribou</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>PYTHON=python3 ./configure --prefix=/usr         \
            --sysconfdir=/etc     \
            --disable-gtk2-module \
            --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a testsuite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <parameter>--disable-gtk2-module</parameter>: Because
      <application>GNOME</application> now uses
      <application>GTK+-3</application>, this module has no use
      on a <application>GNOME</application> desktop. Remove
      this switch if you still want to build the
      <application>GTK+-2</application> module.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          caribou (library executable),
          antler (library executable),
          and caribou-preferences
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libcaribou.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libcaribou,
          /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/site-packages/caribou,
          /usr/share/antler and
          /usr/share/caribou
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libcaribou">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcaribou.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>Caribou</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="caribou libcaribou">
            <primary sortas="c-libcaribou">libcaribou.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>