source: gnome/platform/gnome-settings-daemon.xml@ 57e1c09

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-download-http
           "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-settings-daemon/&gnome-minor-32;/gnome-settings-daemon-&gnome-settings-daemon-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-download-ftp
           "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnome-settings-daemon/&gnome-minor-32;/gnome-settings-daemon-&gnome-settings-daemon-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-md5sum        "603643a0f2c2188f364504909aca08c6">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-size          "1.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-buildsize     "37 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-time          "0.4 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gnome-settings-daemon" xreflabel="gnome-settings-daemon-&gnome-settings-daemon-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnome-settings-daemon.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>gnome-settings-daemon-&gnome-settings-daemon-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-settings-daemon">
    <primary sortas="a-gnome-settings-daemon">gnome-settings-daemon</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GNOME Settings Daemon</title>

    <para>
      The <application>GNOME Settings Daemon</application> is responsible
      for setting various parameters of a <application>GNOME Session</application>
      and the applications that run under it.
    </para>

    &lfs84_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnome-settings-daemon-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnome-settings-daemon-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &gnome-settings-daemon-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &gnome-settings-daemon-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &gnome-settings-daemon-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &gnome-settings-daemon-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Settings Daemon Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="colord"/>,
      <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
      <xref linkend="geoclue2"/>,
      <xref linkend="geocode-glib"/>,
      <xref linkend="gnome-desktop"/>,
      <xref linkend="lcms2"/>,
      <xref linkend="libcanberra"/>,
      <xref linkend="libgweather"/>,
      <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
      <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
      <xref linkend="libwacom"/>,
      <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
      <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/>,</phrase>
      <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="systemd"/>,</phrase>
      <xref linkend="upower"/>, and
      <xref linkend="xorg-wacom-driver"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="alsa"/>,
      <xref linkend="cups"/>,
      <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>,
      <xref linkend="nss"/>, and
      <xref linkend="wayland"/>
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        Recommended dependencies are not strictly required for
        this package to build and function, but you may not get
        expected results at runtime if you don't install them.
      </para>
    </note>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <ulink url="https://github.com/martinpitt/python-dbusmock">python-dbusmock</ulink> and
      <ulink url="https://github.com/martinpitt/umockdev">umockdev</ulink>
      (required for the tests)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnome-settings-daemon"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GNOME Settings Daemon</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>GNOME Settings Daemon</application> by running the
      following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

    <!-- For some reason, on elogind, all tests passed. 8 failed on systemd.
         It could be kernel configuration, or any other package change.
         umockdev might be needed, but it works fine without it on elogind. -->
    <para>
      To check the results, execute: <command>ninja test</command>. Note that
      you must have <application>python-dbusmock</application> installed in
      order for the tests to complete successfully. Some tests in the "power"
      testsuite may fail depending on the init system in use.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          gnome-settings-daemon (library executable)
        </seg>
       <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0,
          /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0, and
          /usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-settings-daemon-prog">
        <term><command>gnome-settings-daemon</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is responsible for setting the various preference parameters of
            a <application>GNOME</application> session and the applications
            that run under it.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-settings-daemon">gnome-settings-daemon</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>