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

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  <!ENTITY gnome-vfs-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-vfs/&gnome-version;/gnome-vfs-&gnome-vfs-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gnome-vfs-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnome-vfs/&gnome-version;/gnome-vfs-&gnome-vfs-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gnome-vfs-md5sum        "4d7b9c14af29a9bf813ab4831eeeacbb">
  <!ENTITY gnome-vfs-size          "1.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-vfs-buildsize     "52.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-vfs-time          "1.4 SBU">
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<sect1 id="gnome-vfs" xreflabel="GNOME Virtual File System-&gnome-vfs-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnome-vfs.html"?>

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

  <title>GNOME Virtual File System-&gnome-vfs-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-vfs">
    <primary sortas="a-GNOME-Virtual-File-System">GNOME Virtual File System</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GNOME Virtual File System</title>

    <para>The <application>GNOME Virtual File System</application> package
    contains virtual file system libraries. This is used as one of the
    foundations of the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager.</para>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Virtual File System Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="GConf"/>,
    <xref linkend="libbonobo"/>, and
    <xref linkend="gnome-mime-data"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="samba3"/>,
    <xref linkend="cdparanoia"/>,
    <xref linkend="gamin"/>,
    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
    <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
    <xref linkend="openssh"/>,
    <xref linkend="openssl"/> or
    <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>
    (which needs <ulink
    url="http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/download/index.html#libgpg-error">libgpg-error</ulink>
    then <ulink
    url="http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/download/index.html#libgcrypt">libgcrypt</ulink>),
    <xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
    <ulink url="http://www.openafs.org/">OpenAFS</ulink>, and
    <ulink url="http://www.porchdogsoft.com/products/howl/">Howl</ulink></para>

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

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GNOME Virtual File System</title>

    <para>Install <application>GNOME Virtual File System</application>
    by running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
            --libexecdir=`pkg-config \
            --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0 \
            --sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir; &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</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><parameter>--libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix
    ORBit-2.0`/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0</parameter>: This switch puts libexec files in
    <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0</filename>
    instead of
    <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/libexec</filename>.</para>

    <para><command>rmdir `pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/doc</command>:
    Use this command if <envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar> is anything other than
    <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> as the directory is unneeded and
    unpopulated.</para>

    <para><option>--with-hal-eject=PROGRAM</option>: This parameter does not
    need to be passed if you have <ulink
    url="http://ca.geocities.com/jefftranter@rogers.com/eject.html">Eject</ulink>
    installed, as the <command>eject</command> program is used by default.</para>

    <para><option>--enable-gtk-doc</option>: Use this option if you have
    <application>GTK-Doc</application> installed and wish to build the API
    documentation.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gnomevfs-cat, gnomevfs-copy, gnomevfs-info, gnomevfs-ls,
        gnomevfs-mkdir, gnomevfs-mv, gnomevfs-rm, and gnome-vfs-daemon</seg>
        <seg>libgnomevfs-2.{so,a} and modules</seg>
        <seg>The following subdirectories of &gnome-etc-dir;/:
        gconf/{schemas, gconf.xml.defaults/{desktop, schemas, system},
        gnome-vfs-2.0} and the following subdirectories of $GNOME_PREFIX/:
        include/gnome-vfs-{,module-}2.0,
        lib/gnome-vfs{,-2.0},
        share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-vfs-2.0</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>