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umockdev-0.17.6
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Fix network-manager-applet for building with recent meson. Thanks
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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 gtk4-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gtk/&gtk4-minor;/gtk-&gtk4-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY gtk4-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/gtk/&gtk4-minor;/gtk-&gtk4-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY gtk4-md5sum "41c25ca304052f1a592f698f83922e23">
10 <!ENTITY gtk4-size "22 MB">
11 <!ENTITY gtk4-buildsize "499 MB (69 MB installed, add 10 MB for tests)">
12 <!ENTITY gtk4-time "1.1 SBU (using parallelism=4, add 0.2 SBU for tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="gtk4" xreflabel="GTK-&gtk4-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="gtk4.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <date>$Date$</date>
20 </sect1info>
21
22 <title>GTK-&gtk4-version;</title>
23
24 <indexterm zone="gtk4">
25 <primary sortas="a-gtk4">GTK-4</primary>
26 </indexterm>
27
28 <sect2 role="package">
29 <title>Introduction to GTK 4</title>
30
31 <para>
32 The <application>GTK 4</application> package contains libraries used for
33 creating graphical user interfaces for applications.
34 </para>
35
36 &lfs110a_checked;
37
38 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
39 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
40 <listitem>
41 <para>
42 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gtk4-download-http;"/>
43 </para>
44 </listitem>
45 <listitem>
46 <para>
47 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gtk4-download-ftp;"/>
48 </para>
49 </listitem>
50 <listitem>
51 <para>
52 Download MD5 sum: &gtk4-md5sum;
53 </para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>
57 Download size: &gtk4-size;
58 </para>
59 </listitem>
60 <listitem>
61 <para>
62 Estimated disk space required: &gtk4-buildsize;
63 </para>
64 </listitem>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>
67 Estimated build time: &gtk4-time;
68 </para>
69 </listitem>
70 </itemizedlist>
71
72 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GTK 4 Dependencies</bridgehead>
73
74 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
75 <para role="required">
76 <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
77 <xref linkend="gdk-pixbuf"/>,
78 <xref linkend="graphene"/>,
79 <xref linkend="iso-codes"/>,
80 <xref linkend="libepoxy"/>,
81 <xref linkend="libxkbcommon"/>,
82 <xref linkend="pango"/>,
83 <xref linkend="wayland-protocols"/>
84 </para>
85
86 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
87 <para role="recommended">
88 <xref linkend="adwaita-icon-theme"/> (default for some gtk4 settings keys),
89 <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
90 <xref linkend="gst10-plugins-bad"/>,
91 <xref linkend="hicolor-icon-theme"/> (needed for tests and for defaults), and
92 <xref linkend="librsvg"/>
93 </para>
94
95 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
96 <para role="recommended">
97 <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
98 </para>
99
100 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
101 <para role="optional">
102 <xref linkend="colord"/>,
103 <xref linkend="cups"/>,
104 <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
105 <xref role="runtime" linkend="highlight"/>
106 (runtime, only used by <command>gtk4-demo</command> for syntax
107 highlighting of demo source code),
108 <xref linkend="json-glib"/>,
109 <xref linkend="rest"/>,
110 <xref linkend="sassc"/>,
111 <xref linkend="tracker3"/>,
112 <ulink url="https://gitlab.gnome.org/ebassi/gi-docgen">gi-docgen</ulink>,
113 <ulink url="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/libcloudproviders">libcloudproviders</ulink>, and
114 <ulink url="https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home">vulkan</ulink>
115 </para>
116
117 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
118 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gtk4"/>
119 </para>
120 </sect2>
121
122 <sect2 role="installation">
123 <title>Installation of GTK 4</title>
124
125 <para>
126 Install <application>GTK 4</application> by running the following
127 commands:
128 </para>
129
130<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
131cd build &amp;&amp;
132
133meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dbroadway-backend=true .. &amp;&amp;
134ninja</userinput></screen>
135
136 <para>
137 To run the tests, issue: <command>meson test --setup x11</command>. If you
138 are in a Wayland session, replace x11 with wayland. A few tests may fail.
139 </para>
140<!-- [pierre]: 4.6.0, wayland: 727 ok; 2 Expected Fail; 1 Fail; 1 Skipped -->
141
142 <para>
143 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
144 </para>
145
146<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
147 </sect2>
148
149 <sect2 role="commands">
150 <title>Command Explanations</title>
151
152 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
153 href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
154
155 <para>
156 <parameter>-Dbroadway-backend=true</parameter>: This switch enables the
157 HTML5 GDK backend.
158 </para>
159
160 <para>
161 <option>-Dcloudproviders=enabled</option>: Use this switch if you have
162 <ulink url="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/libcloudproviders">libcloudproviders</ulink>
163 installed and wish to enable support for cloud providers in a file
164 chooser window.
165 </para>
166
167 <para>
168 <option>-Dsysprof=enabled</option>: Use this switch if you have
169 <xref linkend="sysprof"/> installed and wish to enable tracing support for
170 GTK4-based applications.
171 </para>
172
173 <para>
174 <option>-Dtracker=enabled</option>: Use this switch if you have
175 <xref linkend="tracker3"/> installed and wish to use search functionality
176 when running a file chooser.
177 </para>
178
179 <para>
180 <option>-Dcolord=enabled</option>: Use this switch if you have
181 <xref linkend="colord"/> installed and wish to use colord with the CUPS
182 printing backend.
183 </para>
184
185 <para>
186 <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: Use this switch if you have
187 <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> installed and wish to generate the API
188 reference documentation.
189 </para>
190
191 </sect2>
192
193 <!--Optional section-->
194 <sect2 role="configuration">
195 <title>Configuring GTK 4</title>
196
197 <sect3 id="gtk4-config">
198 <title>Config Files</title>
199 <para>
200 <filename>~/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini</filename> and
201 <filename>/usr/share/gtk-4.0/settings.ini</filename>
202 </para>
203
204 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-config">
205 <primary sortas="e-AA.home-gtk4-settings.ini">~/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini</primary>
206 </indexterm>
207
208 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-config">
209 <primary
210 sortas="e-usr-share-path-settings.ini">/usr/share/gtk-4.0/settings.ini</primary>
211 </indexterm>
212 </sect3>
213
214 <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
215
216 <para>
217 <application>GTK 4</application> themes change the way a
218 <application>GTK 4</application> application looks. An icon theme can
219 be used to change the icons that appear on the application's toolbar.
220 If you have installed a <application>GTK 4</application> theme (e.g.
221 the Adwaita theme built in <application>GTK 4</application>),
222 an icon theme (such as <xref linkend="oxygen-icons5"/>) and/or a font
223 (<xref linkend="dejavu-fonts"/>), you can set your preferences in
224 <filename>~/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini</filename>, or the default
225 system-wide configuration file (as the
226 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user), in
227 <filename>/usr/share/gtk-4.0/settings.ini</filename>. For the local
228 user, an example is:
229 </para>
230
231<screen><userinput>mkdir -pv ~/.config/gtk-4.0
232cat &gt; ~/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini &lt;&lt; "EOF"
233<literal>[Settings]
234gtk-theme-name = <replaceable>Adwaita</replaceable>
235gtk-icon-theme-name = <replaceable>oxygen</replaceable>
236gtk-font-name = <replaceable>DejaVu Sans 12</replaceable>
237gtk-cursor-theme-size = <replaceable>18</replaceable>
238gtk-xft-antialias = <replaceable>1</replaceable>
239gtk-xft-hinting = <replaceable>1</replaceable>
240gtk-xft-hintstyle = <replaceable>hintslight</replaceable>
241gtk-xft-rgba = <replaceable>rgb</replaceable>
242gtk-cursor-theme-name = <replaceable>Adwaita</replaceable></literal>
243EOF</userinput></screen>
244
245 <para>
246 There are many settings keys, some with default values. You can find
247 them at <ulink
248 url="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk4/stable/GtkSettings.html">Settings:
249 GTK 4 Reference Manual</ulink>.
250 </para>
251
252 </sect3>
253 </sect2>
254
255 <sect2 role="content">
256 <title>Contents</title>
257
258 <segmentedlist>
259 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
260 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
261 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
262
263 <seglistitem>
264 <seg>
265 gtk4-broadwayd,
266 gtk4-builder-tool,
267 gtk4-demo,
268 gtk4-demo-application,
269 gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg,
270 gtk4-icon-browser,
271 gtk4-launch,
272 gtk4-print-editor,
273 gtk4-query-settings,
274 gtk4-update-icon-cache, and
275 gtk4-widget-factory
276 </seg>
277 <seg>
278 libgtk-4.so
279 </seg>
280 <seg>
281 /usr/include/gtk-4.0,
282 /usr/lib/gtk-4.0, and
283 /usr/share/gtk-4.0
284 </seg>
285 </seglistitem>
286 </segmentedlist>
287
288 <variablelist>
289 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
290 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
291 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
292
293 <varlistentry id="gtk4-broadwayd">
294 <term><command>gtk4-broadwayd</command></term>
295 <listitem>
296 <para>
297 provides support for displaying GTK 4 applications in a web
298 browser using HTML5 and web sockets
299 </para>
300 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-broadwayd">
301 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-broadwayd">gtk4-broadwayd</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303 </listitem>
304 </varlistentry>
305
306 <varlistentry id="gtk4-builder-tool">
307 <term><command>gtk4-builder-tool</command></term>
308 <listitem>
309 <para>
310 performs various operations on GtkBuilder .ui files
311 </para>
312 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-builder-tool">
313 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-builder-tool">gtk4-builder-tool</primary>
314 </indexterm>
315 </listitem>
316 </varlistentry>
317
318 <varlistentry id="gtk4-demo">
319 <term><command>gtk4-demo</command></term>
320 <listitem>
321 <para>
322 is a simple program that demonstrates some of the tasks that can be
323 done with GTK 4
324 </para>
325 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-demo">
326 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-demo">gtk4-demo</primary>
327 </indexterm>
328 </listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330
331 <varlistentry id="gtk4-demo-application">
332 <term><command>gtk4-demo-application</command></term>
333 <listitem>
334 <para>
335 is a simple GTK 4 application which is useful for testing
336 </para>
337 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-demo-application">
338 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-demo-application">gtk4-demo-application</primary>
339 </indexterm>
340 </listitem>
341 </varlistentry>
342
343 <varlistentry id="gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg">
344 <term><command>gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg</command></term>
345 <listitem>
346 <para>
347 converts symbolic SVG icons into special PNG files. GTK 4 can load
348 and recolor these PNGs, just like original SVGs, but loading them
349 is much faster
350 </para>
351 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg">
352 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg">gtk4-encode-symbolic-svg</primary>
353 </indexterm>
354 </listitem>
355 </varlistentry>
356
357 <varlistentry id="gtk4-icon-browser">
358 <term><command>gtk4-icon-browser</command></term>
359 <listitem>
360 <para>
361 is a utility to explore the icons in the current icon theme. It
362 shows icons in various sizes, their symbolic variants when
363 available, as well as a description of the icon and its context
364 </para>
365 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-icon-browser">
366 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-icon-browser">gtk4-icon-browser</primary>
367 </indexterm>
368 </listitem>
369 </varlistentry>
370
371 <varlistentry id="gtk4-launch">
372 <term><command>gtk4-launch</command></term>
373 <listitem>
374 <para>
375 launches an application using the given name. The name should match
376 the application .desktop file name (as seen in
377 <filename class="directory">/usr/share/applications</filename>),
378 with or without the '.desktop' extension
379 </para>
380 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk-launch">
381 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-launch">gtk4-launch</primary>
382 </indexterm>
383 </listitem>
384 </varlistentry>
385
386 <varlistentry id="gtk4-print-editor">
387 <term><command>gtk4-print-editor</command></term>
388 <listitem>
389 <para>
390 is a simple program to demonstrate printing using GTK 4
391 applications
392 </para>
393 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-print-editor">
394 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-print-editor">gtk4-print-editor</primary>
395 </indexterm>
396 </listitem>
397 </varlistentry>
398
399 <varlistentry id="gtk4-query-settings">
400 <term><command>gtk4-query-settings</command></term>
401 <listitem>
402 <para>
403 provides a complete listing of all settings related to GTK 4
404 </para>
405 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-query-settings">
406 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-query-settings">gtk4-query-settings</primary>
407 </indexterm>
408 </listitem>
409 </varlistentry>
410
411 <varlistentry id="gtk4-update-icon-cache">
412 <term><command>gtk4-update-icon-cache</command></term>
413 <listitem>
414 <para>
415 is an icon theme caching utility that creates mmap()able cache
416 files for icon themes
417 </para>
418 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-update-icon-cache">
419 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-update-icon-cache">gtk4-update-icon-cache</primary>
420 </indexterm>
421 </listitem>
422 </varlistentry>
423
424 <varlistentry id="gtk4-widget-factory">
425 <term><command>gtk4-widget-factory</command></term>
426 <listitem>
427 <para>
428 is a program to view GTK 4 themes and widgets
429 </para>
430 <indexterm zone="gtk4 gtk4-widget-factory">
431 <primary sortas="b-gtk4-widget-factory">gtk4-widget-factory</primary>
432 </indexterm>
433 </listitem>
434 </varlistentry>
435
436 <varlistentry id="libgtk-4">
437 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgtk-4.so</filename></term>
438 <listitem>
439 <para>
440 contains functions that provide an API to implement graphical user
441 interfaces
442 </para>
443 <indexterm zone="gtk4 libgtk-4">
444 <primary sortas="c-libgtk-4">libgtk-4.so</primary>
445 </indexterm>
446 </listitem>
447 </varlistentry>
448 </variablelist>
449 </sect2>
450</sect1>
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