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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[fdca4266] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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[a90533f0] | 8 | <partintro>
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[2a5ecb3] | 9 |
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[15a1fed9] | 10 | <title>Introduction to GNOME</title>
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[a90533f0] | 11 |
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[15a1fed9] | 12 | <para>This chapter presents the instructions to install a complete
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| 13 | <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;
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| 14 | desktop environment and a limited <application>GNOME</application> 1.4
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| 15 | library environment that is sufficient to run
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| 16 | <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 applications included in this book.
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| 17 | The order of the pages follow the build order defined by the
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| 18 | <application>GNOME</application> development team as published in previous
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| 19 | versions of the <ulink
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| 20 | url="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnome-version;/notes/rninstallation.html">
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| 21 | release notes</ulink>. Note that the development team did not publish a
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| 22 | build order for the &gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; release.</para>
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[a90533f0] | 23 |
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[15a1fed9] | 24 | <para>The installation of
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| 25 | <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;
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| 26 | is a large undertaking and one we would like to see you complete with the
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| 27 | least amount of stress. One of the first goals in this installation is to
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| 28 | protect your previously installed software, especially if you are testing
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| 29 | <application>GNOME</application> on your machine.
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| 30 | <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version; packages utilize the
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| 31 | <parameter>--prefix=option</parameter> passed to
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| 32 | <command>configure</command>, so you will use that and an environment
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| 33 | variable (<envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar>) to add flexibility to the
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| 34 | installation.</para>
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[e7c62229] | 35 |
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[15a1fed9] | 36 | <para>To install <application>GNOME</application> as your desktop of choice,
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| 37 | it is recommended that you install using
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| 38 | <parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter>. If you are not sure that you are going
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| 39 | to keep the <application>GNOME</application> installation, or you think you
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| 40 | will update to the newest releases as they become available, you should
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| 41 | install with <parameter>--prefix=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</parameter>.
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| 42 | Setting the environment variable and the additional edits required by the
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| 43 | second option are covered on the pre-installation page.</para>
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[5407cf7] | 44 |
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[15a1fed9] | 45 | <para>If you choose the second option, removal of
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| 46 | <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; is as
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| 47 | easy as removing the edits from the pre-installation page and issuing the
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| 48 | following command:</para>
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[5407cf7] | 49 |
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[15a1fed9] | 50 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf /opt/gnome-&gnome-version; </userinput></screen>
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[a90533f0] | 51 |
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[15a1fed9] | 52 | <para>If your system was completely built per LFS and BLFS instructions,
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| 53 | you have a very good chance of using
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| 54 | <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; after
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| 55 | your first installation. If you are a typical LFS user, you have made
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| 56 | modifications to the instructions along the way knowing that you have to
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| 57 | take those modifications into account on future installations. You should
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| 58 | have no problems integrating
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| 59 | <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; into
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| 60 | your unique setup, but you will have to install almost 50 packages before
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| 61 | you can run <application>GNOME</application> through any testing (assuming
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| 62 | your window manager is preinstalled and tested). You should anticipate that
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| 63 | you will be rebuilding <application>GNOME</application> at least once to
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| 64 | make adjustments for your setup.</para>
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[a90533f0] | 65 |
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[15a1fed9] | 66 | <para>If you are building a <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 desktop
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| 67 | environment, you would install only those libraries in the
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| 68 | <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 chapter <emphasis>and</emphasis> any
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| 69 | dependencies listed on those pages, whether labeled or not.
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| 70 | <application>GNOME</application> packages without pages are simply
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| 71 | installed with:</para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome &&
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| 74 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <para>These instructions are simplistic to facilitate removal of
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| 81 | <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 from BLFS systems when it is no longer
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| 82 | necessary. These instructions may be refined later to comply with BLFS
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| 83 | standards for file locations, specifically
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| 84 | <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/etc</filename> to
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| 85 | <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename> and
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| 86 | <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/var</filename> to
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| 87 | <filename class='directory'>/var</filename>. You should consider using
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| 88 | the <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 hint located at
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| 89 | <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/"/> if you have no
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| 90 | interest in
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| 91 | <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;.</para>
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[78051a3] | 92 |
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[a90533f0] | 93 | </partintro>
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