source: gnome/core/gnome-panel.xml@ 8c668de

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gnome-panel-download-http 
           "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-panel/3.4/gnome-panel-&gnome-panel-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gnome-panel-download-ftp  
           "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnome-panel/3.4/gnome-panel-&gnome-panel-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gnome-panel-md5sum        "1a7c12b22b7e5f61ce7ab90608b2c2c8">
  <!ENTITY gnome-panel-size          "2.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-panel-buildsize     "74 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-panel-time          "1.1 SBU">
]>

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

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

  <title>gnome-panel-&gnome-panel-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-panel">
    <primary sortas="a-gnome-panel">gnome-panel</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>
      The <application>GNOME Panel</application> package
      contains hooks to the menu sub-system and the applet sub-system.
    </para>
   
    &lfs70_checked;

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gnome-desktop"/>,
      <xref linkend="gnome-menus"/>,
      <xref linkend="libcanberra"/>,
      <xref linkend="libgweather"/>,
      <xref linkend="librsvg"/> and
      <xref linkend="libwnck"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>    
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
      <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>,
      <xref linkend="telepathy-glib"/> and
      <xref linkend="rarian"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        The <application>libxml2</application>
        <application>Python</application> module must have been built during the
        installation of <application>libxml2</application> else the
        <application>GNOME Panel</application> build will fail.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnome-panel"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gnome-applets &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>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/gnome-applets</parameter>:
      This parameter causes the libexec files to be installed in the preferred
      location of <filename
      class="directory">/usr/lib/gnome-applets</filename> instead of
      <filename class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename>.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/without-scrollkeeper.xml"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          gnome-desktop-item-edit, gnome-panel and panel-test-applets
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libpanel-applet-4.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/gnome-panel-4.0,
          /usr/lib/gnome-applets,
          /usr/share/gnome/help/{clock,fish},
          /usr/share/gnome-panel,
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/panel-applet-4.0 and
          /usr/share/omf/{clock,fish}
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="gnome-panel-prog">
        <term><command>gnome-panel</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides the panels for the the <application>GNOME</application>
            Desktop.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-panel gnome-panel-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-panel">gnome-panel</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libpanel-applet-4">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpanel-applet-4.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions used for development of small applications 
            (applets) which may be embedded in the panel.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-panel libpanel-applet-4">
            <primary sortas="c-libpanel-applet-4">libpanel-applet-4.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>