%general-entities; ]> $Date$ gnome-shell-&gnome-shell-version; gnome-shell Introduction to GNOME Shell The GNOME Shell is the core user interface of the GNOME Desktop environment. &lfs111_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gnome-shell-md5sum; Download size: &gnome-shell-size; Estimated disk space required: &gnome-shell-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gnome-shell-time; Estimated disk space required: &gnome-shell-buildsize-systemd; Estimated build time: &gnome-shell-time-systemd; GNOME Shell Dependencies Required , , , , , , , , and Recommended , , , , and Recommended (Runtime) Optional and bash-completion Runtime Dependencies , , , , , and User Notes: Installation of GNOME Shell Install GNOME Shell by running the following commands: mkdir build && cd build && meson --prefix=/usr \ --buildtype=release \ -Dsystemd=false \ -Dtests=false \ .. && ninja mkdir build && cd build && meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dtests=false .. && ninja This package does not come with a working test suite in a SystemV environment. To test the results, you need to remove the -Dtests=false switch, and to have compiled and installed with tests also. To run the tests, issue: ninja test. You must be running an X session to run the tests. Some will fail if is not installed. Now, as the root user: ninja install Command Explanations patch ...: This patch fixes a bug when trying to start an xwayland application on non systemd. -Dsystemd=false: Prevents installing systemd files, which are not needed in this version of BLFS. -Dtests=false: Remove this switch if you want to build the tests. But then meson will fail if tests are not installed. : This option disables building the gnome-extensions CLI tool. Using this option removes the need for . Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories gnome-extensions, gnome-extensions-app, gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extension-prefs, gnome-shell-extension-tool, and gnome-shell-perf-tool None /usr/lib/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{shell,st} (optional), and /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/ Short Descriptions gnome-shell provides the core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 Desktop gnome-shell