source: gnome/core/gnome-vfs.xml@ 48a0d2b

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<!ENTITY gnome-vfs-size "1.9 MB">
<!ENTITY gnome-vfs-buildsize "49 MB">
<!ENTITY gnome-vfs-time "1.3 SBU">
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<sect1 id="gnome-vfs" xreflabel="GNOME Virtual File System-&gnome-vfs-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gnome-vfs.html"?>
<title>GNOME Virtual File System-&gnome-vfs-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Virtual
File System</application></title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> 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>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required patch if <application>HAL-0.5.0</application> is 
installed: <ulink 
url="&patch-root;/gnome-vfs-&gnome-vfs-version;-hal_0.5.0-1.patch"/></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Virtual File 
System</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="intltool"/>, 
<xref linkend="GConf"/>,
<xref linkend="libbonobo"/>,
<xref linkend="gnome-mime-data"/> and
<xref linkend="shared-mime-info"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="samba3"/>, 
<xref linkend="cdparanoia"/>,
<xref linkend="fam"/>,
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
<xref linkend="openssh"/>,
<xref linkend="openssl"/> or
<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>, 
<xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>, 
<ulink url="http://www.openafs.org/">OpenAFS</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://www.porchdogsoft.com/products/howl/">Howl</ulink> and 
<ulink url="http://hal.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fhal">HAL</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Virtual
File System</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../gnome-vfs-&gnome-vfs-version;-hal_0.5.0-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<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>--libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix 
ORBit-2.0`/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><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>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Virtual File 
System</application> package contains 
<command>gnome-vfs-daemon</command>, 
<command>gnomevfs-cat</command>, 
<command>gnomevfs-copy</command>, 
<command>gnomevfs-info</command>, 
<command>gnomevfs-ls</command>, 
<command>gnomevfs-mkdir</command>, 
<command>gnomevfs-rm</command>, 
<filename class="libraryfile">libgnomevfs</filename> libraries and 
numerous library modules.</para>

</sect2>

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