source: gnome/core/gnome-desktop.xml@ 0a7c3921

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gnome-desktop-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-desktop/&gnome-version;/gnome-desktop-&gnome-desktop-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gnome-desktop-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnome-desktop/&gnome-version;/gnome-desktop-&gnome-desktop-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gnome-desktop-md5sum        "8f92b61ff20c00d6c475e93fce81b3c7">
  <!ENTITY gnome-desktop-size          "1.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-desktop-buildsize     "11.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-desktop-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gnome-desktop" xreflabel="GNOME Desktop-&gnome-desktop-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnome-desktop.html"?>

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

  <title>GNOME Desktop-&gnome-desktop-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-desktop">
    <primary sortas="a-GNOME-Desktop">GNOME Desktop</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The <application>GNOME Desktop</application> package contains
    the <command>gnome-about</command> program, the
    <filename class='libraryfile'>libgnome-desktop-2</filename> library and
    <application>GNOME</application>'s core graphics files and icons.</para>

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> and
    <xref linkend="gnome-doc-utils"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="startup-notification"/></para>

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

  </sect2>

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

    <para>Install <application>GNOME Desktop</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 &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>--sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir;</parameter>: This switch puts
    configuration files in <filename class="directory">&gnome-etc-dir;</filename>
    instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

    <para><option>--with-gnome-distributor="Some Name"</option>: Use this
    parameter to supply a custom name in the <quote>Distributor:</quote>
    field of the <quote>GNOME About</quote> display window.</para>

    <para><option>--with-kde-datadir=$KDE_PREFIX/share</option>: Use this
    parameter if <application>KDE</application> is installed in any prefix
    other than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>.</para>

  </sect2>

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

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gnome-about</seg>
        <seg>libgnome-desktop-2.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>The following subdirectories of $GNOME_PREFIX/:
        include/gnome-desktop-2.0,
        share/{gnome-about, {gnome/help,omf}/{fdl,gnome-feedback,gpl,lgpl}</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="gnome-about">
        <term><command>gnome-about</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>produces the about screen.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-desktop gnome-about">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-about">gnome-about</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgnome-desktop-2">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgnome-desktop-2.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains APIs being tested for inclusion in
          <application>libgnome</application> or
          <application>libgnomeui</application>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-desktop libgnome-desktop-2">
            <primary sortas="c-libgnome-desktop-2">libgnome-desktop-2.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>