%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Metacity The Metacity package contains a window manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows. &lfs65_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &metacity-md5sum; Download size: &metacity-size; Estimated disk space required: &metacity-buildsize; Estimated build time: &metacity-time; Metacity Dependencies Required , , , , and Optional (recommended if you are installing GNOME-2) User Notes: Install Metacity by running the following commands: ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/metacity \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version; && install -v -m644 README rationales.txt doc/*.txt \ /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version; --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas: Omit this parameter if you are not installing Metacity for a GNOME-2 installation. --enable-compositor: You must use this parameter (and have libcm installed) to build the Metacity composite manager. To automatically start the Metacity window manager when you issue the startx command, append to (or create) .xinitrc using the command below (not required if you are installing Metacity for a GNOME-2 installation). Ensure you backup your current ~/.xinitrc before proceeding: ~/.xinitrc cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF" xterm & exec metacity EOF Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories metacity, metacity-message, metacity-theme-viewer, and metacity-window-demo libmetacity-private.{so,a} /usr/{include/metacity-1/metacity-private, share/{doc/metacity-&metacity-version;, gnome/{help/creating-metacity-themes/C,wm-properties},metacity/icons, themes/{AgingGorilla/metacity-1,Atlanta/metacity-1,Bright/metacity-1, Crux/metacity-1,Esco/metacity-1,Metabox/metacity-1, Simple/metacity-1}}} Short Descriptions metacity is a window manager used mainly by GNOME. metacity metacity-theme-viewer allows you to preview any installed Metacity theme. When designing a new Metacity theme, you can use metacity-theme-viewer to measure the performance of a window frame option, and to preview the option. metacity-theme-viewer metacity-window-demo demonstrates various kinds of windows that window managers and window manager themes should handle. metacity-window-demo