source: gnome/core/gnome-control-center.xml@ 9497073

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<sect1 id="gnome-control-center" xreflabel="GNOME Control Center-&gnome-control-center-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnome-control-center.html"?>

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

  <title>GNOME Control Center-&gnome-control-center-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-control-center">
    <primary sortas="a-GNOME-Control-Center">GNOME Control Center</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The <application>GNOME Control Center</application> package contains the
    <application>GNOME</application> settings managers.</para>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Control Center Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="gnome-settings-daemon"/>,
    <xref linkend="gnome-panel"/>, and
    <xref linkend="metacity"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="polkit-gnome"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
    <xref linkend="libunique"/>, and
    <xref linkend="shared-mime-info"/></para>

    <para>Though they are only run-time dependencies and
    <application>GNOME Control Center</application> will compile just fine without
    them installed, there are two screen saver packages that can be installed
    which will provide a robust collection of screen savers and screen
    locking capability. <xref linkend="gnome-screensaver"/> is looked for
    first, with a fallback to <xref linkend="xscreensaver"/> if
    necessary.</para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir; \
            --localstatedir=/var/lib \
            --libexecdir=$(pkg-config \
                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gnome-control-center &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>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/gnome-prefix.xml"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/gnome-sysconfdir.xml"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/scrollkeeper-dir.xml"/>

    <para><parameter>--libexecdir=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix
    ORBit-2.0)/lib/gnome-control-center</parameter>: This parameter causes the libexec
    files to be installed in the preferred location of
    <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gnome-control-center</filename>
    instead of
    <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/libexec</filename>.</para>

    <para><option>--disable-hal</option>: Build without hal support.</para>

    <para><option>--enable-aboutme</option>: Enables building the
    <command>gnome-about-me</command> capplet. <application>Evolution Data
    Server</application> must be installed to use this parameter.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring GNOME Control Center</title>

    <sect3 id="gnome-control-center-config">
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>If <application>HAL</application> was linked into the build and
      GNOME is being installed in any location other than
      <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you should create a local
      <application>D-Bus</application> session configuration file so that the
      installed <filename>org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.service</filename>
      file can be discovered by <application>D-Bus</application>. You should
      reference the information on the <application>D-Bus</application> page
      for instructions on how to create a
      <xref linkend="dbus-session-config"/>. You may disregard this if you
      already created the local <application>D-Bus</application> session
      configuration file during the <application>GNOME VFS</application>
      installation.</para>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gnome-appearance-properties, gnome-at-mobility,
        gnome-at-properties, gnome-at-visual, gnome-control-center,
        gnome-default-applications-properties, gnome-display-properties,
        gnome-font-viewer, gnome-keybinding-properties,
        gnome-keyboard-properties, gnome-mouse-properties,
        gnome-network-properties, gnome-thumbnail-font, gnome-typing-monitor,
        gnome-window-properties, and gnome-about-me</seg>
        <seg>libgnome-window-settings.{so,a} and libmetacity.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg><envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar>/{include/gnome-window-settings-2.0,
        lib/window-manager-settings,share/{omf/control-centeri,mime/,
        gnome/{cursor-fonts,help/control-center/},gnome-control-center/}}</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>