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1<partintro>
2<title>Introduction to Gnome</title>
3
4<para>This chapter attempts to install a complete Gnome-&gnome-version; desktop
5environment and a limited Gnome 1.4 library environment that is
6sufficient to run Gnome 1.4 applications included in this book. The
7order of the pages are meant to follow the build order defined by the
8Gnome development team as published in the <ulink url="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnome-version;/notes/rninstallation.html">release notes</ulink>. If a package is in the release notes build list, but not in this chapter, it has been installed elsewhere in the book.</para>
9
10<para>The installation of Gnome-&gnome-version; is a large undertaking and one we would
11like to see you complete with the least amount of stress. One
12of our first goals in this installation is to protect your previously
13installed software, especially if you are testing Gnome on your machine.
14Gnome-&gnome-version; packages utilize the --prefix= option for configure, so we will
15use that and an Environment variable (GNOME_PREFIX) to add flexibility to
16the install.</para>
17
18<para>If you know that you want Gnome as your desktop, it is recommended that
19you install with --prefix=/usr. If you are not sure that you are going
20to keep Gnome on your installation, it is recommended that you install with
21--prefix=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;. Setting the Environment variable and the
22additional edits required by the second option are covered on the
23pre-installation page.</para>
24
25<para>If you choose the second option, removal of Gnome-2.2 is as easy as removing the edits from the pre-installation page and issue the following commands:
26<screen><userinput>rm /opt/gnome-&gnome-version; -r </userinput></screen></para>
27
28<para>If your system was completely built per LFS and BLFS
29instructions, you have a very good chance of using Gnome-&gnome-version;
30after your first install. If you are a typical LFS user, you have made
31modifications to the instructions along the way knowing that you have to
32take those modifications into account on future installations. You
33should have no problems integrating Gnome-&gnome-version; into your unique setup, but
34you will have 28 to 33 packages installed before you can run Gnome
35through any testing (assuming your window manager is preinstalled and
36tested). We would anticipate that you will be rebuilding gnome at least
37once to make adjustments for your setup.</para>
38
39<para>If you are building a Gnome 1.4 desktop environment, you would
40install only those libraries in the Gnome 1.4 chapter <emphasis>and</emphasis> any dependancies listed on those pages whether labeled or not. Gnome packages without pages are simply installed with:
41<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome &amp;&amp;
42make &amp;&amp;
43make install</userinput></screen>
44These instructions are simplistic to facilitate removal of Gnome 1.4
45from BLFS systems when it is no longer necessary. These instructions
46may be refined later to comply with BLFS standards for file locations,
47specifically <filename>/opt/gnome/etc</filename> to
48<filename>/etc</filename> and <filename>/opt/gnome/var</filename> to
49<filename>/var</filename>. You should consider using the Gnome 1.4 hint
50located at <ulink url="http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints"/> if you
51have no interest in Gnome-&gnome-version;.</para>
52
53<para><screen>Gnome-&gnome-version; requires:
54<xref linkend="xfree86"/>, Xft, fontconfig, <xref linkend="GTK2"/>,
55<xref linkend="libpng"/>, <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
56<xref linkend="libtiff"/>, <xref linkend="popt"/>
57Gnome-&gnome-version; will utilize:
58<xref linkend="libxml2"/>, <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
59<xref linkend="DocBook"/>, <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> and
60<xref linkend="libfam"/></screen></para>
61
62</partintro>
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