source: gnome/core/gnome-vfs.xml@ 7539d8f7

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  <!ENTITY gnome-vfs-md5sum        "b657e31974d6981adf9b2c4db981f62c">
  <!ENTITY gnome-vfs-size          "1.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-vfs-buildsize     "54.1 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>
  </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="intltool"/>,
    <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.avahi.org">Avahi</ulink></para>

    <para>If you run <command>./configure --help</command> for the complete
    list of dependency requirements and available switches, you may notice a
    message about the <xref linkend="gnome-mount"/> package. This package is
    not required at build-time, and is only a run-time dependency. If
    <application>gnome-mount</application> is available at run-time,
    <application>GNOME-VFS</application> will use it. If not available,
    <application>GNOME-VFS</application> will fall back to using other mounting
    mechanisms.</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=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir; \
            --libexecdir=$(pkg-config \
                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0 &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>

    <!-- Apparently fixed
    <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>
    or <xref linkend="gnome-mount"/> installed, as the <command>eject</command>
    program is used if gnome-mount is not installed.</para>

    <!-- Commenting this out for now as the documentation is already built
         and installed by default
    <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>