source: x/lib/gtk+3.xml@ bc9797f

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gtk3-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gtk+/3.6/gtk+-&gtk3-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gtk3-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gtk+/3.6/gtk+-&gtk3-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gtk3-md5sum        "123d3dc6fc659539a308017934235b3e">
  <!ENTITY gtk3-size          "13 MB">
  <!ENTITY gtk3-buildsize     "390 MB">
  <!ENTITY gtk3-time          "2.8 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gtk3" xreflabel="GTK+-&gtk3-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gtk3.html"?>

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

  <title>GTK+-&gtk3-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gtk3">
    <primary sortas="a-GTK+3">GTK+3</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GTK+ 3</title>

    <para>
      The <application>GTK+ 3</application> package contains the
      libraries used for creating graphical user interfaces for
      applications.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gtk3-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gtk3-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &gtk3-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &gtk3-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &gtk3-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &gtk3-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GTK+ 3 Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="at-spi2-atk"/>,
      <xref linkend="gdk-pixbuf"/> and
      <xref linkend="pango"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="colord"/>,
      <xref linkend="cups"/>,
      <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/> and
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gtk3"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GTK+ 3</title>

    <note>
      <para>
        <application>GTK+ 3</application> will overwrite
        <command>gtk-update-icon-cache</command> from
        <xref linkend="gtk2"/> if it is installed. 
        There is nothing wrong about that assuming
        that both programs provide same functionality. 
        If you wish to keep one from
        <application>GTK+ 2</application> you can add
        <option>--enable-gtk2-dependency</option> to the
        <command>configure</command> command.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>
      Install <application>GTK+ 3</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>rm tests/a11y/pickers.ui &amp;&amp;
make check</userinput></screen>

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

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

    <note>
      <para>
        If you installed the package on to your system using a
        <quote>DESTDIR</quote> method, an important file was not installed and
        must be copied and/or generated. Generate it using the following
        command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>gtk-query-immodules-3.0 --update-cache</userinput></screen>
    </note>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/gsettings-destdir.xml"/>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-packagekit</option>: switch disables use
      of PackageKit which isn't needed for BLFS.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>rm tests/a11y/pickers.ui</command>: This prevents test
      being run as it is known to fail.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring GTK+ 3</title>

    <sect3 id="gtk3-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>
      <para>
        <filename>~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</filename> and
        <filename>/etc/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</filename>
      </para>

      <indexterm zone="gtk3 gtk3-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.home-settings.ini">~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="gtk3 gtk3-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-path-settings.ini">/etc/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</primary>
      </indexterm>
    </sect3>

    <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>
        <application>GTK+ 3</application> themes change the way a
        <application>GTK+ 3</application> application looks. An icon theme can be
        used to change the icons that appear on the application's toolbar. If
        you have installed a <application>GTK+ 3</application> theme (eg
        <xref linkend="gnome-themes-standard"/> or an icon theme (such as
        <xref linkend="gnome-icon-theme"/>) you can set your prefences in
        <filename>~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</filename>. Eg:
      </para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir -p ~/.config/gtk-3.0 &amp;&amp;
cat &gt; ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini &lt;&lt; "EOF"
[Settings]
gtk-theme-name = <replaceable>Adwaita</replaceable>
gtk-fallback-icon-theme = <replaceable>gnome</replaceable>
EOF</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        There are many more themes available at
        <ulink url="http://gnome-look.org/"/> and other places.
      </para>

      <para>
        Once you've settled on themes you like, you can (as the
        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user) make them the
        default system wide:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/gtk-3.0/settings.ini &lt;&lt; "EOF"
[Settings]
gtk-theme-name = <replaceable>Clearwaita</replaceable>
gtk-fallback-icon-theme = <replaceable>elementary</replaceable>
EOF</userinput></screen>
    </sect3>
  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          gtk3-demo, gtk3-demo-application, gtk-launch,
          gtk-query-immodules-3.0 and gtk-update-icon-cache
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libgailutil.so, libgdk-3.so and libgtk-3.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/gtk-3.0, 
          /usr/include/gail-3.0,
          /usr/include/gtk-3.0,
          /usr/lib/gtk-3.0, 
          /usr/share/gtk-3.0,
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gail-libgail-util3,
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gdk3 and
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gtk3
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="gtk3-demo">
        <term><command>gtk3-demo</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a simple program that demonstrates some of the things that can be
            done with <application>GTK+ 3</application>
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gtk3 gtk3-demo">
            <primary sortas="b-gtk3-demo">gtk3-demo</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gtk-launch">
        <term><command>gtk-launch</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            launches an application using the given name. The name should match
            application desktop file name, as residing in
            <filename class="directory">/usr/share/application</filename>, with
            or without the '.desktop' suffix.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gtk3 gtk-launch">
            <primary sortas="b-gtk-launch">gtk-launch</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gtk-query-immodules-3.0">
        <term><command>gtk-query-immodules-3.0</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            collects information about loadable input method modules for
            <application>GTK+ 3</application> and writes it to the default cache
            file location, or to standard output.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gtk3 gtk-query-immodules-3.0">
            <primary sortas="b-gtk-query-immodules-3.0">gtk-query-immodules-3.0</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gtk-update-icon-cache3">
        <term><command>gtk-update-icon-cache</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is an icon theme caching utility that creates mmap()able cache files
            for icon themes.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gtk3 gtk-update-icon-cache3">
            <primary sortas="b-gtk-update-icon-cache3">gtk-update-icon-cache</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgailutil-3">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgailutil-3.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that implements the accessibility interfaces
            defined by the <application>GNOME</application> Accessibility
            Toolkit.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gtk3 libgailutil-3">
            <primary sortas="c-libgailutil-3">libgailutil-3.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgdk-3">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgdk-3.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that act as a wrapper around the low-level
            drawing and windowing functions provided by the underlying graphics
            system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gtk3 libgdk-3">
            <primary sortas="c-libgdk-3">libgdk-3.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgtk-3">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgtk-3.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that provide an API to implement graphical user
            interfaces.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gtk3 libgtk-3">
            <primary sortas="c-libgtk-3">libgtk-3.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>