source: gnome/core/vte.xml@ ce39b28

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY vte-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.11/vte-&vte-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY vte-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.11/vte-&vte-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY vte-size "836 KB">
<!ENTITY vte-buildsize "38.9 MB">
<!ENTITY vte-time "0.57 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="vte" xreflabel="VTE-&vte-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="vte.html"?>
<title>VTE-&vte-version;</title>

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

<para>The <application>VTE</application> package contains a termcap file implementation for
terminal emulators.</para>

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

<sect3><title><application>VTE</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="GTK2"/> and
<xref linkend="Python"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> (with <xref linkend="sgml-dtd-3"/> installed) and
<ulink url="http://www.daa.com.au/~james/software/pygtk/">PyGTK</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-gtk-doc &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

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

<para><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/sbin</parameter>: This switch puts
libexec files in <filename class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--disable-gtk-doc</option>: This switch prevents the
building of documentation.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>VTE</application> package contains <filename
class="libraryfile">libvte</filename> libraries,
<command>vte</command> and <command>gnome-pty-helper</command></para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>vte libraries</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libvte</filename> libraries provide the functions necessary to implement a
"termcap file" for terminal emulators.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>vte</title>
<para><command>vte</command> is a test application for the vte libraries.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>