source: gnome/core/pre-install-config.xml@ 998dcf8

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  <title>Pre-installation Configuration</title>

  <para>Set an environment variable to resolve the prefix destination.</para>

  <para>If <application>GNOME</application> is your desktop of choice:</para>

<screen><userinput>export GNOME_PREFIX=/usr</userinput></screen>

  <para>If you want to try-out <application>GNOME</application>, or install
  it in an easy-to-remove location:</para>

<screen><userinput>export GNOME_PREFIX=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;</userinput></screen>

  <para>Remember to execute <command>ldconfig</command> as the
  <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user after installation of
  libraries to update the linker's library cache.</para>

  <para>The try-out group will also need to make all the following
  configuration changes:</para>

  <para>Add to your system or personal profile:</para>

<screen><literal>export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;/bin
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;/lib/pkgconfig
export GNOME_LIBCONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib:/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;/lib</literal></screen>

  <para>Add to your <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/ld.so.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin gnome addition to /etc/ld.so.conf

/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;/lib

# End gnome addition</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

  <para>Add to your <filename>/etc/man_db.conf</filename>:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/man_db.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin gnome addition to man_db.conf

MANDATORY_MANPATH /opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;/share/man

# End gnome addition to man_db.conf</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

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