| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY gnome-shell-download-http
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| 8 | "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-shell/&gnome-46;/gnome-shell-&gnome-shell-version;.tar.xz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gnome-shell-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gnome-shell-md5sum "56c2bf53f35792430ff0acd08ddb4047">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gnome-shell-size "1.9 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gnome-shell-buildsize "61 MB (with tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY gnome-shell-time "0.2 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="gnome-shell" xreflabel="gnome-shell-&gnome-shell-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="gnome-shell.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <title>gnome-shell-&gnome-shell-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <indexterm zone="gnome-shell">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-gnome-shell">gnome-shell</primary>
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| 24 | </indexterm>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 27 | <title>Introduction to GNOME Shell</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>
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| 30 | The <application>GNOME Shell</application> is the core user interface of
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| 31 | the <application>GNOME</application> Desktop environment.
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| 32 | </para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | &lfs121_checked;
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>
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| 40 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnome-shell-download-http;"/>
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| 41 | </para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnome-shell-download-ftp;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download MD5 sum: &gnome-shell-md5sum;
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download size: &gnome-shell-size;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Estimated disk space required: &gnome-shell-buildsize;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated build time: &gnome-shell-time;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | </itemizedlist>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Shell Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 73 | <para role="required">
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| 74 | <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
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| 75 | <xref linkend="gcr4"/>,
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| 76 | <xref linkend="gjs"/>,
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| 77 | <xref linkend="gnome-desktop"/>,
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| 78 | <xref linkend="ibus"/>,
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| 79 | <xref linkend="mutter"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="sassc"/>, and
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| 82 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
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| 83 | </para>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 86 | <para role="recommended">
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| 87 | <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>,
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| 88 | <xref linkend="gnome-autoar"/>,
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| 89 | <xref linkend="gnome-bluetooth"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="gst10-plugins-base"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>, and
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| 92 | <xref linkend="power-profiles-daemon"/>
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| 93 | </para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 96 | <para role="optional">
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| 97 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
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| 98 | <ulink url="https://github.com/scop/bash-completion">bash-completion</ulink>
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| 99 | </para>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 102 | <para role="required">
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| 103 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="adwaita-icon-theme"/>,
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| 104 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="dconf"/>,
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| 105 | <phrase revision="sysv">
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| 106 | <xref role='runtime' linkend="elogind"/>,
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| 107 | </phrase>
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| 108 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gdm"/>,
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| 109 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gnome-backgrounds"/>,
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| 110 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gnome-control-center"/>,
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| 111 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gnome-menus"/>,
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| 112 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="libgweather"/>,
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| 113 | <phrase revision="sysv">and</phrase>
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| 114 | <phrase revision="systemd">
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| 115 | <xref role='runtime' linkend="systemd"/>, and
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| 116 | </phrase>
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| 117 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="telepathy-mission-control"/>
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4"
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| 121 | revision="sysv">Recommended Runtime Dependency</bridgehead>
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| 122 | <para role="recommended" revision="sysv">
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| 123 | <xref linkend="blocaled" role="runtime"/>
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| 124 | </para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | </sect2>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 129 | <title>Installation of GNOME Shell</title>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <para>
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| 132 | First, fix a regression that appears when using glib-2.80.2 or later:
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| 133 | </para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/gnome.ScreenCast.Stream/gnome.Mutter.Screencast/' \
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| 136 | js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js</userinput></screen>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <para>
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| 139 | Install <application>GNOME Shell</application> by running the
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| 140 | following commands:
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| 141 | </para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 144 | cd build &&
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| 145 |
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| 146 | meson setup --prefix=/usr \
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| 147 | --buildtype=release \
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| 148 | -Dsystemd=false \
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| 149 | -Dtests=false \
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| 150 | .. &&
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| 151 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 154 | cd build &&
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| 155 |
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| 156 | meson setup --prefix=/usr \
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| 157 | --buildtype=release \
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| 158 | -Dtests=false \
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| 159 | .. &&
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| 160 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <para>
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| 163 | To test the results, you need to remove the
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| 164 | <parameter>-Dtests=false</parameter> switch, and to have <xref
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| 165 | linkend="mutter"/> compiled and installed with tests also.
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| 166 |
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| 167 | To run the tests, issue: <command>ninja test</command>. You must be
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| 168 | running an X session to run the tests. Some will fail if <xref
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| 169 | linkend="gdm"/> is not installed. <phrase revision="sysv">Several
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| 170 | more tests may fail in the Sysv environment.</phrase>
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| 171 | <!-- "Failed to read monitors config file
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| 172 | '/home/xry111/.config/monitors.xml': Logical monitors not
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| 173 | adjacent"
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| 174 | The same thing happens in mutter but it's worked around with
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| 175 | HOME="". We cannot use HOME="" here or more tests will fail.
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| 176 | We also cannot tell the users to remove monitors.xml because
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| 177 | doing so will purge their monitor settings. Maybe we can
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| 178 | use bwrap to run the test with an empty tmpfs mounted on $HOME
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| 179 | in a separate namespace, but it's too overkill IMO.
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| 180 | DO NOT REMOVE unless you've tested with a "complex multi-monitor
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| 181 | configuration" (with mixed scaling settings and "strange"
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| 182 | positions of monitors). -->
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| 183 | One test named <filename>CSS styling support</filename> is known to
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| 184 | fail with some multi-monitor configurations.
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <para>
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| 188 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 189 | </para>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | </sect2>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 196 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 199 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <!--
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| 202 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 203 | <command>patch ...</command>: This patch fixes a bug when trying to
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| 204 | start an xwayland application on non systemd.
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| 205 | </para>
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| 206 | -->
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 209 | <parameter>-Dsystemd=false</parameter>: Prevents installing systemd
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| 210 | files, which are not needed in this version of BLFS.
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| 211 | </para>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <para>
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| 214 | <parameter>-Dtests=false</parameter>: Remove this switch if you want
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| 215 | to build the tests. But then <command>meson</command> will fail if
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| 216 | <xref linkend="mutter"/> tests are not installed.
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| 217 | </para>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <para>
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| 220 | <option>-Dextensions_tool=false</option>: This switch allows building
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| 221 | this package without <xref linkend='gnome-autoar'/> installed.
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| 222 | </para>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | </sect2>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 227 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <segmentedlist>
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| 230 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 231 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 232 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <seglistitem>
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| 235 | <seg>
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| 236 | gnome-extensions, gnome-extensions-app, gnome-shell,
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| 237 | gnome-shell-extension-prefs, gnome-shell-extension-tool,
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| 238 | and gnome-shell-test-tool
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| 239 | </seg>
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| 240 | <seg>
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| 241 | None
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| 242 | </seg>
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| 243 | <seg>
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| 244 | /usr/lib/gnome-shell,
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| 245 | /usr/share/gnome-shell,
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| 246 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{shell,st} (optional), and
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| 247 | /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/
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| 248 | </seg>
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| 249 | </seglistitem>
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| 250 | </segmentedlist>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <variablelist>
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| 253 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 254 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 255 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <varlistentry id="gnome-shell-prog">
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| 258 | <term><command>gnome-shell</command></term>
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| 259 | <listitem>
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| 260 | <para>
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| 261 | provides the core user interface functions for the
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| 262 | <application>GNOME</application> Desktop
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| 263 | </para>
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| 264 | <indexterm zone="gnome-shell gnome-shell-prog">
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| 265 | <primary sortas="b-gnome-shell">gnome-shell</primary>
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| 266 | </indexterm>
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| 267 | </listitem>
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| 268 | </varlistentry>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | </variablelist>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | </sect2>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | </sect1>
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