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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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8 | <partintro>
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9 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application></title>
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10 |
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11 | <para>This chapter presents the instructions to install a complete
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12 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; desktop
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13 | environment and a limited
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14 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 library environment that is
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15 | sufficient to run <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 applications included in this book. The
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16 | order of the pages follow the build order defined by the
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17 | GNOME development team as published in the <ulink
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18 | url="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnome-version;/notes/rninstallation.html">release notes</ulink>.</para>
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19 |
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20 | <para>The installation of <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; is a large undertaking and one we would
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21 | like to see you complete with the least amount of stress. One
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22 | of the first goals in this installation is to protect your previously
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23 | installed software, especially if you are testing
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24 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> on your machine.
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25 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version;
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26 | packages utilize the <parameter>--prefix=option</parameter> for
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27 | <command>configure</command>, so you will
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28 | use that and an environment variable (<envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar>) to add flexibility to
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29 | the installation.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <para>To install
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32 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> as a desktop
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33 | alternative, it is recommended that
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34 | you install with <parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter>. If you are not sure that you are going
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35 | to keep the <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> installation, you may install with
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36 | <parameter>--prefix=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</parameter>. Setting the
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37 | environment variable and the
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38 | additional edits required by the second option are covered on the
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39 | pre-installation page. Since
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40 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> has matured,
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41 | installing with <parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter> is the preferable approach.</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 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; is as easy
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45 | as removing the edits from the pre-installation page and issuing the
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46 | following command:</para>
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47 | <screen><userinput><command>rm /opt/gnome-&gnome-version; -r </command></userinput></screen>
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48 |
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49 | <para>If your system was completely built per <acronym>LFS</acronym> and
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50 | <acronym>BLFS</acronym>
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51 | instructions, you have a very good chance of using
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52 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version;
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53 | after your first install. If you are a typical <acronym>LFS</acronym> user, you have made
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54 | modifications to the instructions along the way knowing that you have to
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55 | take those modifications into account on future installations. You
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56 | should have no problems integrating
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57 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; into your unique setup, but
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58 | you will have to install 28 to 33 packages before you can run
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59 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>
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60 | through any testing (assuming your window manager is preinstalled and
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61 | tested). You should anticipate that you will be rebuilding
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62 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> at least
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63 | once to make adjustments for your setup.</para>
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64 |
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65 | <para>If you are building a
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66 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 desktop environment, you would
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67 | install only those libraries in the
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68 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 chapter
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69 | <emphasis>and</emphasis> any dependencies listed on those pages, whether
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70 | labeled or not. <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> packages without pages are simply installed with:
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71 | <screen><command>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome &&
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72 | make &&
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73 | make install</command></screen>
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74 | These instructions are simplistic to facilitate removal of
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75 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4
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76 | from <acronym>BLFS</acronym> systems when it is no longer necessary. These instructions
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77 | may be refined later to comply with <acronym>BLFS</acronym> standards for file locations,
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78 | specifically <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/etc</filename> to
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79 | <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename> and <filename
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80 | class='directory'>/opt/gnome/var</filename> to
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81 | <filename class='directory'>/var</filename>. You should consider using
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82 | the <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 hint
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83 | located at <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/"/> if you
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84 | have no interest in <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version;.</para>
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85 |
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86 | <!--
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87 | <para><application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; dependencies</para>
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88 | <para>Required</para>
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89 | <para>
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90 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
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91 | <xref linkend="popt"/>
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92 | </para>
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93 | <para>Optional</para>
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94 | <para>
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95 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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96 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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97 | <xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
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98 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> and
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99 | <xref linkend="fam"/>
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100 | </para>
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101 | -->
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102 |
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103 | </partintro>
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