source: gnome/core/gnome-applets.xml@ b22e19bf

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  <!ENTITY gnome-applets-md5sum        "06dd0b634d7092fa8af2ce302f68f912">
  <!ENTITY gnome-applets-size          "5.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-applets-buildsize     "97.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-applets-time          "1.0 SBU">
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<sect1 id="gnome-applets" xreflabel="GNOME Applets-&gnome-applets-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnome-applets.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">gnome-applets-&gnome-applets-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftptdir">gnome-applets</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>GNOME Applets-&gnome-applets-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-applets">
    <primary sortas="a-GNOME-Applets">GNOME Applets</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GNOME Applets</title>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <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>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Applets Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="gail"/>,
    <xref linkend="gnome-panel"/> and
    <xref linkend="libxklavier"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libgtop"/>,
    <xref linkend="gst-plugins"/>,
    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
    <xref linkend="gucharmap"/>,
    <xref linkend="system-tools-backends"/>,
    <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
    <ulink url="http://club.pep.ne.jp/~ishioka/Software/Linux/libapm-e.html">libapm</ulink>
    and <ulink url="http://www.galago-project.org/news/index.php">libnotify</ulink></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GNOME Applets</title>

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

<screen><userinput>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</userinput></screen>

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

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

    <note>
      <para>If you switch to the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
      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 role="root"><userinput>make tooldir=$PRE/lib/gnome-applets install &amp;&amp;
make -C man install-man</userinput></screen>

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

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

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>accessx-status-applet, battstat-applet-2, charpick_applet2,
        cpufreq-applet, cpufreq-selector, drivemount_applet2,
        geyes_applet2, gnome-keyboard-applet, gswitchit-plugins-capplet,
        gtik2_applet2, gweather-applet-2, mini_commander_applet,
        mixer_applet2, modem_applet, multiload-applet-2, null_applet,
        stickynotes_applet, and trashapplet</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>several config directories under the
        /etc/gnome/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/ hierarchy,
        $GNOME_PREFIX/include/libgswitchit,
        $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gnome-applets,
        several help directories under the $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome/help/ hierarchy,
        $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome-applets,
        $GNOME_PREFIX/share/omf/gnome-applets,
        $GNOME_PREFIX/share/pixmaps/[accessx-status-applet,cpufreq-applet,stickynotes],
        and $GNOME_PREFIX/share/xmodmap</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>