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Last change on this file since c248601 was 863002a3, checked in by Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>, 17 months ago

Update to dconf-editor-43.0.

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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 &lfs112_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), and
130 <xref linkend="libxml2"/> (for the editor)
131 </para>
132
133 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
134 <para role="recommended">
135 <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and
136 <xref linkend="vala"/>
137 </para>
138
139 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
140 <para role="optional">
141 <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
142 <ulink url="https://github.com/scop/bash-completion">bash-completion</ulink>
143 </para>
144
145 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
146 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/dconf"/>
147 </para>
148 </sect2>
149
150 <sect2 role="installation">
151 <title>Installation of DConf</title>
152
153 <para revision="sysv">
154 First, prevent unnecessary systemd units from being installed:
155 </para>
156
157<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/install_dir: systemd_userunitdir,//' service/meson.build</userinput></screen>
158
159 <para>
160 Install <application>DConf</application> by running the following
161 commands:
162 </para>
163
164<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
165cd build &amp;&amp;
166
167meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dbash_completion=false .. &amp;&amp;
168ninja</userinput></screen>
169
170 <para>
171 To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>
172 </para>
173
174 <para>
175 As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
176 </para>
177
178<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
179
180 <para>
181 Now, optionally install the editor:
182 </para>
183
184<screen><userinput>cd .. &amp;&amp;
185tar -xf ../dconf-editor-&dconf-editor-version;.tar.xz &amp;&amp;
186cd dconf-editor-&dconf-editor-version; &amp;&amp;
187
188mkdir build &amp;&amp;
189cd build &amp;&amp;
190
191meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &amp;&amp;
192ninja</userinput></screen>
193
194 <para>
195 As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
196 </para>
197
198<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
199
200 </sect2>
201
202 <sect2 role="commands">
203 <title>Command Explanations</title>
204
205 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
206 href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
207
208 <para>
209 <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: Use this parameter if
210 <application>GTK-Doc</application> is installed and you wish to rebuild
211 and install the API documentation.
212 </para>
213
214<!--
215 <para><!- - Using nbsp so that spaces are output verbatim - ->
216 <command>sed -e '/&nbsp;&nbsp;desktop,/d' ...</command>: This
217 fixes a failure to build with newer versions of
218 <application>meson</application>.
219 </para>
220-->
221
222 </sect2>
223
224 <sect2 role="content">
225 <title>Contents</title>
226
227 <segmentedlist>
228 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
229 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
230 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
231
232 <seglistitem>
233 <seg>
234 dconf and dconf-editor
235 </seg>
236 <seg>
237 libdconf.so
238 and libdconfsettings.so (GIO Module installed in
239 <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/gio/modules</filename>)
240 </seg>
241 <seg>
242 /usr/{include,share/gtk-doc/html}/dconf
243 </seg>
244 </seglistitem>
245 </segmentedlist>
246
247 <variablelist>
248 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
249 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
250 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
251
252 <varlistentry id="dconf-prog">
253 <term><command>dconf</command></term>
254 <listitem>
255 <para>
256 is a simple tool for manipulating the
257 <application>DConf</application> database
258 </para>
259 <indexterm zone="dconf dconf-prog">
260 <primary sortas="b-dconf">dconf</primary>
261 </indexterm>
262 </listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
265 <varlistentry id="dconf-editor">
266 <term><command>dconf-editor</command></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>
269 is a graphical program for editing the
270 <application>DConf</application> database
271 </para>
272 <indexterm zone="dconf dconf-editor">
273 <primary sortas="b-dconf-editor">dconf-editor</primary>
274 </indexterm>
275 </listitem>
276 </varlistentry>
277
278 <varlistentry id="libdconf">
279 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdconf.so</filename></term>
280 <listitem>
281 <para>
282 contains the <application>DConf</application> client API functions
283 </para>
284 <indexterm zone="dconf libdconf">
285 <primary sortas="c-libdconf">libdconf.so</primary>
286 </indexterm>
287 </listitem>
288 </varlistentry>
289
290 </variablelist>
291
292 </sect2>
293
294</sect1>
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