source: gnome/core/gconf.xml@ 51d7b70

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY GConf-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/GConf/&gnome-version;/GConf-&GConf-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY GConf-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/GConf/&gnome-version;/GConf-&GConf-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY GConf-md5sum        "e674d838922a9e9de0cee9fd2ef1ea0c">
  <!ENTITY GConf-size          "1.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY GConf-buildsize     "28.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY GConf-time          "0.4 SBU">
]>

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

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>GConf-&GConf-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="GConf">
    <primary sortas="a-GConf">GConf</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The <application>GConf</application> package contains a
    configuration database system.</para>

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="ORBit2"/> and
    <xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
    <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
    <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
    <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</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>--libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix
    ORBit-2.0`/sbin</parameter>: This switch puts libexec files in
    <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/sbin</filename> instead of
    <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/libexec</filename>.</para>

    <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch
    puts <application>GConf-2</application> configuration files
    in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> instead of
    <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.  This
    installation controls all future installations of schemas. If you
    change the location (which includes eliminating this parameter), it
    <emphasis>must</emphasis> be consistent for every subsequent
    package installation that updates the <application>GConf-2</application>
    configuration database.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gconf-merge-tree, gconf-sanity-check-2, gconfd-2,
        and gconftool-2</seg>
        <seg>libgconf-2.[so,a]</seg>
        <seg>/etc/gnome/gconf,
        $GNOME_PREFIX/include/gconf,
        $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/GConf,
        $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gtk-doc/html/gconf,
        and $GNOME_PREFIX/share/sgml/gconf</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libgconf-2">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgconf-2.[so,a]</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provide the functions necessary to maintain the
          configuration database.</para>
          <indexterm zone="GConf libgconf-2">
            <primary sortas="c-libgconf-2">libgconf-2.[so,a]</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>