source: gnome/core/gnome-applets.xml@ 771cd7f

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

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> 
Applets</application></title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Applets</application> package 
contains small applications which generally run in the background and display 
their output to the gnome panel.</para>

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

<sect3><title><application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Applets</application> 
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="gail"/>, 
<xref linkend="gnome-panel"/> and 
<xref linkend="libxklavier"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgtop"/>, 
<xref linkend="gst-plugins"/>, 
<xref linkend="gucharmap"/>, 
<xref linkend="system-tools-backends"/>, 
<xref linkend="docbook-utils"/> and 
<ulink 
url="http://club.pep.ne.jp/~ishioka/Software/Linux/libapm-e.html">libapm</ulink>
</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> 
Applets</application></title>

<para>Install <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Applets</application> by 
running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>export PRE=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=$PRE --libexecdir=$PRE/sbin \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &amp;&amp;
make tooldir=$PRE/lib/gnome-applets</command></userinput></screen>

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

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

<note><para>If you switch to the root user in a manner which causes the 
<envar>PRE</envar> environment variable to be unset, ensure you set it 
again before installing the package.</para></note>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make tooldir=$PRE/lib/gnome-applets install &amp;&amp;
make -C man install-man &amp;&amp;
chmod -v 644 $PRE/share/gnome/help/\
{gtik2_applet2/C/*.xml,cpufreq-applet/{C,uk}/legal.xml}</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Remove the variable from the unprivileged user's environment using 
the following command:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>unset PRE</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--libexecdir=$PRE/sbin</parameter>: This switch puts libexec 
files in <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/sbin</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/libexec</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch 
puts <application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in 
<filename class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch 
puts configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> 
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>tooldir=$PRE/lib/gnome-applets</parameter>: This puts the 
mini-commander applet files in 
<filename class='directory'>$PRE/lib/gnome-applets</filename> instead of 
<filename class='directory'>$PRE/sbin/gnome-applets</filename>.</para>

<para><command>make -C man install-man</command>: This installs the man-pages 
in <filename class='directory'>$PRE/man</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Applets</application> package 
contains <command>accessx-status</command>, <command>battstat</command>, 
<command>charpick</command>, <command>cpufreq</command>, 
<command>drivemount</command>, <command>geyes</command>, 
<command>gnome-keyboard</command>, <command>gtik2</command>, 
<command>gweather</command>, <command>mini-commander</command>, 
<command>mixer</command>, <command>modem</command>, 
<command>multiload</command>, <command>null</command>, 
<command>stickynotes</command> and <command>trash</command> applets.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>applets</title>
<para>These are small programs designed to run inside the Panel 
display.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>