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13 | <partintro>
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14 |
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15 | <title>Introduction to GNOME</title>
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16 |
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17 | <para>This chapter presents the instructions to install a complete
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18 | GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; desktop environment; and a limited
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19 | GNOME 1.4 library environment that is sufficient to run GNOME 1.4
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20 | applications included in this book. The order of the pages follows the build
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21 | order defined by the GNOME development team and documented in the <ulink
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22 | url="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnome-version;/notes/en/rninstallation.html">
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23 | Release Notes</ulink>.</para>
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24 |
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25 | <para>The installation of GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; is a
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26 | large undertaking and one we would like to see you complete with the least
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27 | amount of stress. One of the first goals in this installation is to protect
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28 | your previously installed software, especially if you are testing GNOME on
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29 | your machine. GNOME-&gnome-version; packages utilize the
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30 | <option>--prefix=option</option> passed to <command>configure</command>,
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31 | so you will use that and an environment variable (<envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar>)
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32 | to add flexibility to the installation.</para>
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33 |
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34 | <para>To install GNOME as your desktop of choice, it is recommended that you
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35 | install using <option>--prefix=/usr</option>. If you are not sure that you
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36 | are going to keep the GNOME installation, or you think you will update to the
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37 | newest releases as they become available, you should install with
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38 | <option>--prefix=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;</option>.
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39 | Setting the environment variable and the additional edits required by the
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40 | second option are covered in the Pre-Installation Configuration
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41 | section.</para>
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42 |
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43 | <para>If you choose the second option, removal of
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44 | GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; is as easy as removing the edits
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45 | from the pre-installation page and issuing the following command (you may
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46 | need to become the <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem>
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47 | user):</para>
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48 |
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49 | <screen role="root"><userinput>rm -rf /opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;</userinput></screen>
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50 |
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51 | <para>If your system was completely built per LFS and BLFS instructions,
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52 | you have a very good chance of using
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53 | GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; after your first installation. If
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54 | you are a typical LFS user, you have made modifications to the instructions
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55 | along the way knowing that you have to take those modifications into account
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56 | on future installations. You should have no problems integrating
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57 | GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; into your unique setup, but you
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58 | will have to install well over 50 packages before you can run GNOME through
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59 | any testing (assuming your windowing system is preinstalled and tested). You
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60 | should anticipate that you will be rebuilding GNOME at least once to make
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61 | adjustments for your setup.</para>
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62 |
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63 | <para>If you are building a GNOME 1.4 library environment, you would install
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64 | only those libraries in the GNOME 1.4 chapter
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65 | <emphasis role='strong'>and</emphasis> any dependencies listed on those
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66 | pages, whether labeled or not. GNOME packages without pages in the book are
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67 | simply installed with:</para>
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68 |
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69 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4 &&
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70 | make</userinput></screen>
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71 |
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72 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user:</para>
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73 |
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74 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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75 |
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76 | <para>These instructions are simplistic to facilitate removal of
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77 | GNOME 1.4 from BLFS systems when it is no longer necessary. These
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78 | instructions may be refined later to comply with BLFS standards for file
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79 | locations, specifically
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80 | <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/etc</filename> to
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81 | <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename> and
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82 | <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/var</filename> to
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83 | <filename class='directory'>/var</filename>. You should consider using
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84 | the GNOME 1.4 hint located at <ulink url="&hints-root;"/> if you have no
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85 | interest in GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;.</para>
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86 |
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87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Alternate Installation Methods</bridgehead>
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88 | <para>As was previously mentioned, building a GNOME desktop from sources is
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89 | a significant project. Some may find it too tedious or time-consuming to
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90 | perform a full installation following the BLFS book. You may wish to review
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91 | the automated methods mentioned in the
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92 | GNOME-&gnome-version; <ulink
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93 | url="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.14/notes/en/rninstallation.html">Release
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94 | Notes</ulink>. Note that using any other method to install
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95 | GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; other than using the BLFS
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96 | instructions cannot be supported by the BLFS team. Alternate methods are only
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97 | mentioned as a courtesy to builders who would like to build GNOME from
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98 | sources but do not have the time/desire/patience/whatever to follow the
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99 | BLFS book.</para>
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100 |
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101 | </partintro>
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