source: general/sysutils/colord.xml@ ca0df6f9

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY colord-download-http "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/releases/colord-&colord-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY colord-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY colord-md5sum        "7dbdc807495890c13e8242385f4c641f">
  <!ENTITY colord-size          "1.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY colord-buildsize     "32 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY colord-time          "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
]>

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


  <title>Colord-&colord-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="colord">
    <primary sortas="a-colord">Colord</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>
      <application>Colord</application> is a system service that makes it easy
      to manage, install, and generate color profiles. It is used mainly by
      <application>GNOME Color Manager</application> for system integration
      and use when no users are logged in.
    </para>

    &lfs112_checked;

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
      <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
      <xref linkend="lcms2"/>,
      <xref linkend="polkit"/>, and
      <!-- Polkit now needed, see #11481 in Trac -->
      <xref linkend="sqlite"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
      <xref linkend="libgudev"/>,
      <xref linkend="libgusb"/>,
      <phrase revision="sysv">and</phrase>
      <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="systemd"/>, and</phrase>
      <xref linkend="vala"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gnome-desktop"/> and
      <xref linkend="colord-gtk"/> (to build the example tools),
      <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
      <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
      <xref linkend="sane"/>,
      <ulink url="https://www.argyllcms.com/">ArgyllCMS</ulink>, and
      <ulink url="https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/">Bash Completion</ulink>
    </para>

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

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

    <para>
      There should be a dedicated user and group to take control of the colord
      daemon after it has started. Issue the following commands as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 71 colord &amp;&amp;
useradd -c "Color Daemon Owner" -d /var/lib/colord -u 71 \
        -g colord -s /bin/false colord</userinput></screen>

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

<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr            \
      --buildtype=release      \
      -Ddaemon_user=colord     \
      -Dvapi=true              \
      -Dsystemd=false          \
      -Dlibcolordcompat=true   \
      -Dargyllcms_sensor=false \
      -Dbash_completion=false  \
      -Ddocs=false             \
      -Dman=false ..           &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr            \
      --buildtype=release      \
      -Ddaemon_user=colord     \
      -Dvapi=true              \
      -Dsystemd=true           \
      -Dlibcolordcompat=true   \
      -Dargyllcms_sensor=false \
      -Dbash_completion=false  \
      -Ddocs=false             \
      -Dman=false ..           &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

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

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

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>.
      One test, <filename>colord-self-test-daemon</filename>, will fail if the
      package is already installed. The test suite must be run with the
      system-wide D-Bus Daemon running.
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

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

    <para>
      <parameter>-Ddaemon_user=colord</parameter>: This switch is used
      so the colord daemon will run as an unprivileged user instead of the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dvapi=true</parameter>: This switch enables building
      the <application>Vala</application> bindings. Remove if you don't have
      <xref linkend="vala"/> installed.
    </para>

    <para revision="sysv">
      <parameter>-Dsystemd=false</parameter>: This switch disables
      support for <application>systemd</application> login in Colord
      applications.
    </para>

    <para revision="systemd">
      <parameter>-Dsystemd=true</parameter>: This switch enables
      installation of the <application>systemd</application> service.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dlibcolordcompat=true</parameter>: This switch enables
      building a compatibility library for older packages that use
      <application>Colord</application>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dargyllcms_sensor=false</parameter>: This switch
      disables the ArgLLCMS sensor driver. Omit if you have
      <ulink url="https://www.argyllcms.com/">ArgyllCMS</ulink> installed
      and wish to use it.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dbash_completion=false</parameter>: This switch
      disables Bash Completion support for Colord applications.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Ddocs=false</parameter>: This switch disables building
      of documentation. Omit if you have <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> available.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dman=false</parameter>: This switch disables building
      of man pages. Omit if you have <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>
      available. Namespaced versions of the docbook-xsl stylesheets
      are also required.
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          cd-create-profile,
          cd-fix-profile,
          cd-iccdump,
          cd-it8, and
          colormgr
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libcolord.so,
          libcolordcompat.so,
          libcolordprivate.so, and
          libcolorhug.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/colord-1,
          /usr/lib/colord-{plugins,sensors},
          /usr/share/color{d},
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/colord, and
          /var/lib/colord
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <!-- If the program or library name conflicts (is the same) as the
      package name, add -prog or -lib to the varlistentry entity id
      and the 2nd entry of the indexterm zone entity -->

      <varlistentry id="cd-create-profile">
        <term><command>cd-create-profile</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Color Manager Profile Creation Tool
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="colord cd-create-profile">
            <primary sortas="b-cd-create-profile">cd-create-profile</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cd-fix-profile">
        <term><command>cd-fix-profile</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a tool used to fix metadata in ICC profiles
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="colord cd-fix-profile">
            <primary sortas="b-cd-fix-profile">cd-fix-profile</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cd-iccdump">
        <term><command>cd-iccdump</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            dumps the contents of an ICC profile as human readable text
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="colord cd-iccdump">
            <primary sortas="b-cd-iccdump">cd-iccdump</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cd-it8">
        <term><command>cd-it8</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Color Manager Testing Tool
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="colord cd-it8">
            <primary sortas="b-cd-it8">cd-it8</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="colormgr">
        <term><command>colormgr</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a text-mode program that allows you to interact with colord on
            the command line
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="colord colormgr">
            <primary sortas="b-colormgr">colormgr</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

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

      <varlistentry id="libcolordcompat.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcolordcompat.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains legacy API functions for compatibility with older
            applications
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="colord libcolordcompat.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libcolordcompat.so">libcolordcompat.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libcolordprivate.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcolordprivate.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains internal API functions for the programs included with
            <application>Colord</application>
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="colord libcolordprivate.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libcolordprivate.so">libcolordprivate.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libcolorhug.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcolorhug.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains a simple display hardware colorimiter
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="colord libcolorhug.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libcolorhug.so">libcolorhug.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>

</sect1>