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Add "setup" to meson commands

I've not been very consistent on typography, but it is a start
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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7<!-- DConf -->
8 <!ENTITY dconf-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/dconf/0.40/dconf-&dconf-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY dconf-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/dconf/0.40/dconf-&dconf-version;.tar.xz">
10 <!ENTITY dconf-md5sum "ac8db20b0d6b996d4bbbeb96463d01f0">
11 <!ENTITY dconf-size "115 KB">
12 <!ENTITY dconf-buildsize "7.0 MB (with tests)">
13 <!ENTITY dconf-time "0.1 SBU (with tests)">
14
15<!-- DConf-Editor -->
16 <!ENTITY dconf-editor-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/dconf-editor/&gnome-43;/dconf-editor-&dconf-editor-version;.tar.xz">
17 <!ENTITY dconf-editor-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/dconf-editor/&gnome-43;/dconf-editor-&dconf-editor-version;.tar.xz">
18 <!ENTITY dconf-editor-md5sum "a85bc794ca3cc920dc6acf63f5ea81bb">
19 <!ENTITY dconf-editor-size "588 KB">
20 <!ENTITY dconf-editor-buildsize "21 MB">
21 <!ENTITY dconf-editor-time "0.2 SBU">
22]>
23
24<sect1 id="dconf" xreflabel="DConf-&dconf-version;">
25 <?dbhtml filename="dconf.html"?>
26
27
28 <title>DConf-&dconf-version; / DConf-Editor-&dconf-editor-version;</title>
29
30 <indexterm zone="dconf">
31 <primary sortas="a-DConf">DConf</primary>
32 </indexterm>
33
34<!-- DConf -->
35
36 <sect2 role="package">
37 <title>Introduction to DConf</title>
38
39 <para>
40 The <application>DConf</application> package contains a low-level
41 configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to
42 GSettings on platforms that don't already have configuration storage
43 systems.
44 </para>
45
46 <para>
47 The <application>DConf-Editor</application>, as the name suggests, is a
48 graphical editor for the <application>DConf</application> database.
49 Installation is optional, because <command>gsettings</command> from <xref
50 linkend="glib2"/> provides similar functionality on the commandline.
51 </para>
52
53 &lfs113_checked;
54
55 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
56 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
57 <listitem>
58 <para>
59 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&dconf-download-http;"/>
60 </para>
61 </listitem>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>
64 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&dconf-download-ftp;"/>
65 </para>
66 </listitem>
67 <listitem>
68 <para>
69 Download MD5 sum: &dconf-md5sum;
70 </para>
71 </listitem>
72 <listitem>
73 <para>
74 Download size: &dconf-size;
75 </para>
76 </listitem>
77 <listitem>
78 <para>
79 Estimated disk space required: &dconf-buildsize;
80 </para>
81 </listitem>
82 <listitem>
83 <para>
84 Estimated build time: &dconf-time;
85 </para>
86 </listitem>
87 </itemizedlist>
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
90 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
91 <listitem>
92 <para>
93 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&dconf-editor-download-http;"/>
94 </para>
95 </listitem>
96 <listitem>
97 <para>
98 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&dconf-editor-download-ftp;"/>
99 </para>
100 </listitem>
101 <listitem>
102 <para>
103 Download MD5 sum: &dconf-editor-md5sum;
104 </para>
105 </listitem>
106 <listitem>
107 <para>
108 Download size: &dconf-editor-size;
109 </para>
110 </listitem>
111 <listitem>
112 <para>
113 Estimated disk space required: &dconf-editor-buildsize;
114 </para>
115 </listitem>
116 <listitem>
117 <para>
118 Estimated build time: &dconf-editor-time;
119 </para>
120 </listitem>
121 </itemizedlist>
122
123 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">DConf Dependencies</bridgehead>
124
125 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
126 <para role="required">
127 <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
128 <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
129 <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (for the editor),
130 <xref linkend="libhandy1"/> (for the editor), and
131 <xref linkend="libxml2"/> (for the editor)
132 </para>
133
134 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
135 <para role="recommended">
136 <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and
137 <xref linkend="vala"/>
138 </para>
139
140 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
141 <para role="optional">
142 <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
143 <ulink url="https://github.com/scop/bash-completion">bash-completion</ulink>
144 </para>
145
146 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
147 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/dconf"/>
148 </para>
149 </sect2>
150
151 <sect2 role="installation">
152 <title>Installation of DConf</title>
153
154 <para revision="sysv">
155 First, prevent unnecessary systemd units from being installed:
156 </para>
157
158<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/install_dir: systemd_userunitdir,//' service/meson.build</userinput></screen>
159
160 <para>
161 Install <application>DConf</application> by running the following
162 commands:
163 </para>
164
165<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
166cd build &amp;&amp;
167
168meson setup --prefix=/usr \
169 --buildtype=release \
170 -Dbash_completion=false \
171 .. &amp;&amp;
172ninja</userinput></screen>
173
174 <para>
175 To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>
176 </para>
177
178 <para>
179 As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
180 </para>
181
182<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
183
184 <para>
185 Now, optionally install the editor:
186 </para>
187
188<screen><userinput>cd .. &amp;&amp;
189tar -xf ../dconf-editor-&dconf-editor-version;.tar.xz &amp;&amp;
190cd dconf-editor-&dconf-editor-version; &amp;&amp;
191
192mkdir build &amp;&amp;
193cd build &amp;&amp;
194
195meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &amp;&amp;
196ninja</userinput></screen>
197
198 <para>
199 As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
200 </para>
201
202<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
203
204 </sect2>
205
206 <sect2 role="commands">
207 <title>Command Explanations</title>
208
209 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
210 href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
211
212 <para>
213 <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: Use this parameter if
214 <application>GTK-Doc</application> is installed and you wish to rebuild
215 and install the API documentation.
216 </para>
217
218<!--
219 <para><!- - Using nbsp so that spaces are output verbatim - ->
220 <command>sed -e '/&nbsp;&nbsp;desktop,/d' ...</command>: This
221 fixes a failure to build with newer versions of
222 <application>meson</application>.
223 </para>
224-->
225
226 </sect2>
227
228 <sect2 role="content">
229 <title>Contents</title>
230
231 <segmentedlist>
232 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
233 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
234 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
235
236 <seglistitem>
237 <seg>
238 dconf and dconf-editor
239 </seg>
240 <seg>
241 libdconf.so
242 and libdconfsettings.so (GIO Module installed in
243 <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/gio/modules</filename>)
244 </seg>
245 <seg>
246 /usr/{include,share/gtk-doc/html}/dconf
247 </seg>
248 </seglistitem>
249 </segmentedlist>
250
251 <variablelist>
252 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
253 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
254 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
255
256 <varlistentry id="dconf-prog">
257 <term><command>dconf</command></term>
258 <listitem>
259 <para>
260 is a simple tool for manipulating the
261 <application>DConf</application> database
262 </para>
263 <indexterm zone="dconf dconf-prog">
264 <primary sortas="b-dconf">dconf</primary>
265 </indexterm>
266 </listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
268
269 <varlistentry id="dconf-editor">
270 <term><command>dconf-editor</command></term>
271 <listitem>
272 <para>
273 is a graphical program for editing the
274 <application>DConf</application> database
275 </para>
276 <indexterm zone="dconf dconf-editor">
277 <primary sortas="b-dconf-editor">dconf-editor</primary>
278 </indexterm>
279 </listitem>
280 </varlistentry>
281
282 <varlistentry id="libdconf">
283 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdconf.so</filename></term>
284 <listitem>
285 <para>
286 contains the <application>DConf</application> client API functions
287 </para>
288 <indexterm zone="dconf libdconf">
289 <primary sortas="c-libdconf">libdconf.so</primary>
290 </indexterm>
291 </listitem>
292 </varlistentry>
293
294 </variablelist>
295
296 </sect2>
297
298</sect1>
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