source: gnome/core/libbonobo.xml@ 40eeab2

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<!ENTITY libbonobo-buildsize "35 MB">
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<sect1 id="libbonobo" xreflabel="libbonobo-&libbonobo-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
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<?dbhtml filename="libbonobo.html"?>
<title>libbonobo-&libbonobo-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>libbonobo</application></title>

<para>The <application>libbonobo</application> package contains
<filename class="libraryfile">libbonobo</filename> libraries. This is a
component and compound document system for
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>-2</application>.</para>

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

<sect3><title><application>libbonobo</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="ORBit2"/>, 
<xref linkend="libxml2"/> and 
<xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: XML Parser</para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>) and 
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>libbonobo</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./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>--prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`</parameter>: 
Setting the prefix with this command instead of
with <envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar> will ensure that the prefix is
consistent with the installation environment.</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><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><option>--enable-gtk-doc</option>: This switch rebuilds the
documentation during the <command>make</command> command.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>libbonobo</application> package contains
<command>activation-client</command>, 
<command>bonobo-slay</command>, 
<command>echo-client-2</command>, 
<command>bonobo-activation-run-query</command>, 
<command>bonobo-activation-server</command>, 
<command>bonobo-activation-sysconf</command>, 
<filename class="libraryfile">libbonobo-2</filename> and 
<filename class="libraryfile">libbonobo-activation</filename> libraries, 
the <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it-2</application> bonobo module and the 
bonobo <filename class="libraryfile">libmoniker</filename> library.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>libbonobo libraries</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libbonobo</filename> libraries are a set of 
language and system independent <acronym>CORBA</acronym> interfaces for 
creating reusable components and compound documents.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>