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As discussed in #18580, HOME= is not needed with 45.0. Reconfirmed with
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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 <!ENTITY mutter-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/mutter/&gnome-45;/mutter-&mutter-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY mutter-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY mutter-md5sum "4260f0f96f24c4b44072432b8e264b5f">
10 <!ENTITY mutter-size "2.8 MB">
11 <!ENTITY mutter-buildsize "100 MB (with tests)">
12 <!ENTITY mutter-time "0.7 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 1.4 SBU for tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="mutter" xreflabel="Mutter-&mutter-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="mutter.html"?>
17
18
19 <title>Mutter-&mutter-version;</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="mutter">
22 <primary sortas="a-Mutter">Mutter</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to Mutter</title>
27
28 <para>
29 <application>Mutter</application> is the window manager for
30 <application>GNOME</application>. It is not invoked directly,
31 but from <application>GNOME Session</application> (on a
32 machine with a hardware accelerated video driver).
33 </para>
34
35 &lfs120_checked;
36
37 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
38 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
39 <listitem>
40 <para>
41 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mutter-download-http;"/>
42 </para>
43 </listitem>
44 <listitem>
45 <para>
46 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mutter-download-ftp;"/>
47 </para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>
51 Download MD5 sum: &mutter-md5sum;
52 </para>
53 </listitem>
54 <listitem>
55 <para>
56 Download size: &mutter-size;
57 </para>
58 </listitem>
59 <listitem>
60 <para>
61 Estimated disk space required: &mutter-buildsize;
62 </para>
63 </listitem>
64 <listitem>
65 <para>
66 Estimated build time: &mutter-time;
67 </para>
68 </listitem>
69 </itemizedlist>
70
71 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Mutter Dependencies</bridgehead>
72
73 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
74 <para role="required">
75 <xref linkend="gnome-settings-daemon"/>,
76 <xref linkend="graphene"/>,
77 <xref linkend="libei"/>,
78 <xref linkend="libxcvt"/>,
79 <xref linkend="libxkbcommon"/>, and
80 <xref linkend="pipewire"/>
81 </para>
82
83 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
84 <para role="recommended">
85 <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>,
86 <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>, and
87 <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
88 </para>
89
90 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (Required to
91 build the Wayland compositor)</bridgehead>
92 <para role="recommended">
93 <xref linkend="libinput"/>,
94 <xref linkend="wayland"/>,
95 <xref linkend="wayland-protocols"/>, and
96 <xref linkend="xwayland"/>
97 </para>
98
99 <bridgehead renderas="sect4"
100 revision="sysv">Recommended (Runtime)</bridgehead>
101 <para role="recommended" revision="sysv">
102 <xref linkend="blocaled" role="runtime"/>
103 </para>
104
105 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
106 <para role="optional">
107 <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> (required for tests),
108 <!--<xref linkend="sysprof"/>,-->
109 <xref linkend="xorg-server"/> (for X11 sessions), and
110 <ulink url="&sysprof-url;">sysprof</ulink>
111 </para>
112
113 <!-- NOTE: Mutter compiles shipped Cogl and Clutter for it's own
114 internal use. This is because upstream have decided that Cogl and
115 Clutter should be only used by Mutter in the future, so the development
116 of Cogl and Clutter is now performed in the Mutter repository. The
117 "standalone" Cogl and Clutter are considered obsolete now and we have
118 archived them. -->
119
120 </sect2>
121
122 <sect2 role="installation">
123 <title>Installation of Mutter</title>
124
125 <para>
126 Install <application>Mutter</application> by running the following
127 commands:
128 </para>
129
130<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
131cd build &amp;&amp;
132
133meson setup --prefix=/usr \
134 --buildtype=release \
135 -Dtests=false \
136 -Dprofiler=false \
137 .. &amp;&amp;
138ninja</userinput></screen>
139
140<!--
141 <para>
142 To test the results, issue:
143 <command>dbus-run-session ninja test</command>. The tests
144 require an active X session to run correctly. It is not necessary to
145 run a separate D-bus session if not in a GNOME session, but it
146 provides a clean environment in any case. One test,
147 <filename>native-headless</filename>, is known to fail.
148 </para>
149 -->
150 <!-- there are no added problems in sysv, AFAICT. Running the tests is
151 not easy whatever the init system. But using the instructions below in
152 a gnome session on sysv works (no test failure)...
153 <para revision='sysv'>
154 This package does not come with a test suite that runs properly in the
155 SystemV environment.
156 </para>
157 -->
158
159 <para>
160 The test suite requires an
161 external program called <command>xvfb-run</command>. If you wish to run
162 the tests, you should download and install it before running
163 <command>meson</command>.
164
165 You can obtain it from <ulink
166 url="&sources-anduin-http;/mutter/xvfb-run">xvfb-run</ulink>, and install
167 it with executable permissions in <filename
168 class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. <command>xvfb-run</command> needs
169 <command>Xvfb</command> at runtime, and <command>Xvfb</command> can be
170 installed from either <xref linkend='xorg-server'/> or <xref
171 linkend='xwayland'/>.
172
173 You should also replace <parameter>-Dtests=false</parameter> in the
174 <command>meson</command> command, with
175 <parameter>-Dtests=true -Dclutter_tests=false</parameter>. The test
176 suite requires the mutter schema to be installed on the system, so it is
177 better to run the tests after installing the package.
178 </para>
179
180 <para>
181 You can also test basic functions of <application>Mutter</application>
182 following <xref linkend='mutter-starting'/>, after installing it.
183 </para>
184
185 <para>
186 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
187 </para>
188
189<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
190
191 <para>
192 If you wish to run the tests, remove the reference to
193 <application>Zenity</application> which is not a part of BLFS
194 from one test:
195 </para>
196
197<screen role='test'><userinput>sed 's/zenity --[a-z]*/gtk4-demo/' -i ../src/tests/x11-test.sh</userinput></screen>
198
199 <para>
200 Now run the test suite:
201 </para>
202
203<screen role='test'><userinput>ninja test</userinput></screen>
204
205 <para>
206 The tests require an active X or wayland session.
207 One test named
208 <!-- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/2848 -->
209 <!--<filename>cogl-test-framebuffer-get-bits-gl3</filename> and-->
210 <!-- This needs a pipewire daemon running. As at Aug 2023
211 the method to run a pipewire daemon is not in BLFS
212 (but in editor notes), so claim this a known failure. -->
213 <filename>input-capture</filename> is known to fail.
214 <!-- As Xi noted in #18580, this test is flaky. -->
215 A few other tests may fail depending on the configuration.
216 Don't make any mouse or keyboard input while the test suite is
217 running or some tests may fail.
218 </para>
219
220 </sect2>
221
222 <sect2 role="commands">
223 <title>Command Explanations</title>
224
225 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
226 href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
227
228 <para>
229 <parameter>-Dtests=false</parameter>: Prevents building the tests,
230 and removes a hard requirement on <command>xvfb-run</command>.
231 </para>
232
233 <para>
234 <parameter>-Dprofiler=false</parameter>: Allow building this package
235 without <application>Sysprof</application>. Remove this option if
236 you've installed <application>Sysprof</application> and want to
237 analysis the rendering performance of
238 <application>Mutter</application>.
239 </para>
240
241 <para>
242 <option>-Dtests=true -Dclutter_tests=false</option>: Building all the
243 tests but the tests for the shipped <application>Clutter</application>
244 library. The <application>Clutter</application> tests are known to
245 fail with <option>--buildtype=release</option>.
246 </para>
247
248 </sect2>
249
250 <sect2 role="starting" id="mutter-starting">
251 <title>Starting Mutter</title>
252
253 <!-- Mutter as a Wayland compositor works with recent mutter releases.
254 IIRC mutter can also be used as a X window manager: just replace
255 "twm" with "mutter &dash;&dash;x11" in xinitrc. But I've not tested
256 such a configuration recently (I don't build Xorg Server or xinit
257 these days. -->
258
259 <para>
260 <application>Mutter</application> is normally used as a component of
261 <application>gnome-shell</application>, but it can be used as a
262 standalone Wayland compositor too. To run
263 <application>Mutter</application> as a Wayland compositor, in a
264 virtual console, issue:
265 </para>
266
267 <screen role='nodump'><userinput>mutter --wayland -- vte-2.91</userinput></screen>
268
269 <para>
270 Replace <command>vte-2.91</command> with the command line for the
271 first application you want in the Wayland session. Note that once this
272 application exits, the Wayland session will be terminated.
273 </para>
274
275 <para>
276 <application>Mutter</application> can also function as a nested
277 compositor in another Wayland session. In a terminal emulator, issue:
278 </para>
279
280 <screen role='nodump'><userinput>MUTTER_DEBUG_DUMMY_MODE_SPECS=1920x1080 mutter --wayland --nested -- vte-2.91</userinput></screen>
281
282 <para>
283 Replace <replaceable>1920x1080</replaceable> with the size you want
284 for the nested Wayland session.
285 </para>
286 </sect2>
287
288 <sect2 role="content">
289 <title>Contents</title>
290
291 <segmentedlist>
292 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
293 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
294 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
295
296 <seglistitem>
297 <seg>
298 mutter
299 </seg>
300 <seg>
301 libmutter-13.so and libmutter-test-13.so (optional)
302 </seg>
303 <seg>
304 /usr/{lib,include,libexec/installed-tests,share/{,installed-tests}}/mutter-13
305 </seg>
306 </seglistitem>
307 </segmentedlist>
308
309 <variablelist>
310 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
311 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
312 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
313
314 <varlistentry id="mutter-prog">
315 <term><command>mutter</command></term>
316 <listitem>
317 <para>
318 is a <application>Clutter</application> based compositing
319 <application>GTK+</application> Window Manager
320 </para>
321 <indexterm zone="mutter mutter-prog">
322 <primary sortas="b-mutter">mutter</primary>
323 </indexterm>
324 </listitem>
325 </varlistentry>
326
327 <varlistentry id="libmutter">
328 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmutter-13.so</filename></term>
329 <listitem>
330 <para>
331 contains the <application>Mutter</application> API functions
332 </para>
333 <indexterm zone="mutter libmutter">
334 <primary sortas="c-libmutter">libmutter-13.so</primary>
335 </indexterm>
336 </listitem>
337 </varlistentry>
338
339 <varlistentry id="libmutter-test">
340 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmutter-test-13.so</filename></term>
341 <listitem>
342 <para>
343 contains the <application>Mutter</application> test suite API
344 functions; this library is only installed if the test suite of
345 this package is enabled and it is needed by
346 <application>gnome-shell</application> test suite
347 </para>
348 <indexterm zone="mutter libmutter-test">
349 <primary sortas="c-libmutter-test">libmutter-test-13.so</primary>
350 </indexterm>
351 </listitem>
352 </varlistentry>
353
354 </variablelist>
355
356 </sect2>
357
358</sect1>
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