[feeb99a] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[7f76b96] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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[feeb99a] | 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/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 metacity-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/metacity/2.8/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/metacity/2.8/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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[903ec33f] | 9 | <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum "c49e4b5575503975516159780855e317">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY metacity-size "2.1 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize "46.9 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY metacity-time "0.41 SBU">
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[feeb99a] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[8a69010] | 15 | <sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 16 | <sect1info>
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[851cc10] | 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 19 | </sect1info>
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[19aa75a] | 20 | <?dbhtml filename="metacity.html" ?>
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[8a69010] | 21 | <title>Metacity-&metacity-version;</title>
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[587ebea] | 22 |
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[851cc10] | 23 | <indexterm zone="metacity">
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| 24 | <primary sortas="a-metacity">Metacity</primary>
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| 25 | </indexterm>
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| 26 |
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[feeb99a] | 27 | <sect2>
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| 28 | <title>Introduction to <application>Metacity</application></title>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <para>The <application>Metacity</application> package contains a window
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| 31 | manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows.</para>
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| 32 |
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[851cc10] | 33 | <sect3>
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| 34 | <title>Package information</title>
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| 35 |
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[feeb99a] | 36 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[851cc10] | 37 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 38 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 39 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &metacity-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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| 40 | <listitem><para>Download size: &metacity-size;</para></listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &metacity-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &metacity-time;</para></listitem>
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| 43 | </itemizedlist>
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[feeb99a] | 44 | </sect3>
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| 45 |
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[851cc10] | 46 | <sect3>
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| 47 | <title><application>Metacity</application> dependencies</title>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <sect4>
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| 50 | <title>Required</title>
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| 51 |
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[518b9ee0] | 52 | <para><xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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[851cc10] | 53 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>, and
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| 54 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
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| 55 | </para>
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[903ec33f] | 56 | </sect4>
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| 57 |
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[851cc10] | 58 | <sect4>
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| 59 | <title>Optional</title>
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[903ec33f] | 60 | <para><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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[851cc10] | 61 | <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">Xrender</ulink>*, and
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| 62 | <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">libXcomposite</ulink>**
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[903ec33f] | 63 | </para>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <para>* <filename class='libraryfile'>libXrender</filename> is included in a
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| 66 | <acronym>BLFS</acronym> <application>X</application> Window System
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| 67 | installation, but the pkgconfig <filename>.pc</filename> file
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| 68 | <application>Metacity</application> looks for is not installed. Satisfy the
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| 69 | requirement by installing an <filename>xrender.pc</filename> file into
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| 70 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</filename> which can be
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[851cc10] | 71 | installed as:</para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc << "EOF"</command>
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| 74 | prefix=/usr/X11R6
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| 75 | exec_prefix=${prefix}
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| 76 | libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
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| 77 | includedir=${prefix}/include
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| 78 |
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| 79 | Name: Xrender
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| 80 | Description: X Render Library
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| 81 | Version: 0.8.3
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| 82 | Cflags: -I${includedir} -I/usr/X11R6/include
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| 83 | Libs: -L${libdir} -lXrender -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
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| 84 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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[903ec33f] | 85 |
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| 86 | <para>** <application>libXcomposite</application> can optionally be used, but
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| 87 | here's what the <application>Metacity</application> package maintainer
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| 88 | has to say about it in the configure script if the package is found:
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| 89 | <quote>Not building compositing manager by default now, must enable explicitly
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| 90 | to get it. And it doesn't work, so don't bother unless you want to hack on
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| 91 | it...</quote></para>
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| 92 | </sect4>
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[feeb99a] | 93 | </sect3>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | </sect2>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <sect2>
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| 98 | <title>Installation of <application>Metacity</application></title>
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| 99 |
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[903ec33f] | 100 | <para>Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
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| 101 | commands:</para>
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[feeb99a] | 102 |
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[851cc10] | 103 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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| 104 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 109 |
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| 110 | </sect2>
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| 111 |
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[a3e960e] | 112 | <sect2>
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| 113 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <para><option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=/etc/gnome/gconf/schemas</option>:
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| 116 | Use this option if you have the
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| 117 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>-2</application>
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| 118 | <application>GConf</application> package installed.</para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | </sect2>
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| 121 |
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[851cc10] | 122 | <sect2 id='metacity-config'>
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[feeb99a] | 123 | <title>Configuring <application>Metacity</application></title>
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| 124 |
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[851cc10] | 125 | <sect3>
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| 126 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[feeb99a] | 127 |
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[903ec33f] | 128 | <para>To automatically start the <application>Metacity</application> window
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| 129 | manager when you issue the <command>startx</command> command, append to (or
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| 130 | create) <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using the command below. Ensure you
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[851cc10] | 131 | backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before proceeding.</para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-config">
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| 134 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 135 | </indexterm>
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[feeb99a] | 136 |
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| 137 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"</command>
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| 138 | xterm &
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| 139 | exec metacity
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| 140 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 141 | </sect3>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | </sect2>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <sect2>
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| 146 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 147 |
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[851cc10] | 148 | <segmentedlist>
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| 149 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 150 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 151 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <seglistitem>
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| 154 | <seg>metacity</seg>
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| 155 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 156 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 157 | </seglistitem>
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| 158 | </segmentedlist>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <variablelist>
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| 161 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 162 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <varlistentry id="metacity-prog">
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| 165 | <term><command>metacity</command></term>
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| 166 | <listitem>
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| 167 | <para>is a window manager used mainly by
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| 168 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>.
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| 169 | </para>
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| 170 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-prog">
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| 171 | <primary sortas="b-metacity">metacity</primary>
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| 172 | </indexterm>
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| 173 | </listitem>
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| 174 | </varlistentry>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | </variablelist>
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[feeb99a] | 177 |
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| 178 | </sect2>
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[587ebea] | 179 | </sect1>
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| 180 |
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