source: gnome/core/gconf.xml@ ac038a3

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  <!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 "a7cd37be4e317195a6668a086fc72033">
<!ENTITY GConf-size "1.7 MB">
<!ENTITY GConf-buildsize "26 MB">
<!ENTITY GConf-time "0.4 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="GConf" xreflabel="GConf-&GConf-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="GConf.html"?>
<title>GConf-&GConf-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to GConf</title>

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

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>GConf</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="ORBit2"/> and 
<xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="gtk2"/>, 
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and 
<xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>GConf</application></title>

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

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

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

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<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><acronym>GNOME</acronym>-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 
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>-2</application> package 
installation.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>GConf</application> package contains 
<command>gconfd-2</command>, 
<command>gconf-sanity-check-2</command>, 
<command>gconftool-2</command>, 
<command>gconf-merge-tree</command>, 
<filename class='libraryfile'>libgconf-2</filename> and 
<filename class='libraryfile'>gconfbackend</filename> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>libgconf libraries</title>
<para><filename>libgconf</filename> libraries provide the functions necessary 
to maintain the configuration database.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>