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 <partintro>
 <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application></title>
+  <title>Introduction to GNOME</title>
+<para>This chapter presents the instructions to install a complete
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; desktop
+environment and a limited
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 library environment that is
+sufficient to run <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 applications included in this book. The
+order of the pages follow the build order defined by the
+GNOME development team as published in the <ulink
+url="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnome-version;/notes/rninstallation.html">release notes</ulink>.</para>
+  <para>This chapter presents the instructions to install a complete
+  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;
+  desktop environment and a limited <application>GNOME</application> 1.4
+  library environment that is sufficient to run
+  <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 applications included in this book.
+  The order of the pages follow the build order defined by the
+  <application>GNOME</application> development team as published in previous
+  versions of the <ulink
+  url="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnome-version;/notes/rninstallation.html">
+  release notes</ulink>. Note that the development team did not publish a
+  build order for the &gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; release.</para>
+<para>The installation of <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; is a large undertaking and one we would
+like to see you complete with the least amount of stress. One
+of the first goals in this installation is to protect your previously
+installed software, especially if you are testing
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> on your machine.
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version;
+packages utilize the <parameter>--prefix=option</parameter> for
+<command>configure</command>, so you will
+use that and an environment variable (<envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar>) to add flexibility to
+the installation.</para>
+  <para>The installation of
+  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;
+  is a large undertaking and one we would like to see you complete with the
+  least amount of stress. One of the first goals in this installation is to
+  protect your previously installed software, especially if you are testing
+  <application>GNOME</application> on your machine.
+  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version; packages utilize the
+  <parameter>--prefix=option</parameter> passed to
+  <command>configure</command>, so you will use that and an environment
+  variable (<envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar>) to add flexibility to the
+  installation.</para>
+<para>To install
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> as a desktop
+alternative, it is recommended that
+you install with <parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter>. If you are not sure that you are going
+to keep the <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> installation, you may install with
+<parameter>--prefix=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</parameter>.  Setting the
+environment variable and the
+additional edits required by the second option are covered on the
+pre-installation page. Since
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> has matured,
+installing with <parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter> is the preferable approach.</para>
+  <para>To install <application>GNOME</application> as your desktop of choice,
+  it is recommended that you install using
+  <parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter>. If you are not sure that you are going
+  to keep the <application>GNOME</application> installation, or you think you
+  will update to the newest releases as they become available, you should
+  install with <parameter>--prefix=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</parameter>.
+  Setting the environment variable and the additional edits required by the
+  second option are covered on the pre-installation page.</para>
+<para>If you choose the second option, removal of
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; is as easy
+as removing the edits from the pre-installation page and issuing the
+following command:</para>
+<screen><userinput><command>rm /opt/gnome-&gnome-version; -r </command></userinput></screen>
+  <para>If you choose the second option, removal of
+  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; is as
+  easy as removing the edits from the pre-installation page and issuing the
+  following command:</para>
+<para>If your system was completely built per <acronym>LFS</acronym> and
+<acronym>BLFS</acronym>
+instructions, you have a very good chance of using
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version;
+after your first install.  If you are a typical <acronym>LFS</acronym> user, you have made
+modifications to the instructions along the way knowing that you have to
+take those modifications into account on future installations.  You
+should have no problems integrating
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; into your unique setup, but
+you will have to install 28 to 33 packages before you can run
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>
+through any testing (assuming your window manager is preinstalled and
+tested). You should anticipate that you will be rebuilding
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> at least
+once to make adjustments for your setup.</para>
+<screen><userinput>rm -rf /opt/gnome-&gnome-version; </userinput></screen>
+<para>If you are building a
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 desktop environment, you would
+install only those libraries in the
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 chapter
+<emphasis>and</emphasis> any dependencies listed on those pages, whether
+labeled or not. <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> packages without pages are simply installed with:
+<screen><command>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome &amp;&amp;
+make &amp;&amp;
+make install</command></screen>
+These instructions are simplistic to facilitate removal of
+<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4
+from <acronym>BLFS</acronym> systems when it is no longer necessary.  These instructions
+may be refined later to comply with <acronym>BLFS</acronym> standards for file locations,
+specifically <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/etc</filename> to
+<filename class='directory'>/etc</filename> and <filename
+class='directory'>/opt/gnome/var</filename> to
+<filename class='directory'>/var</filename>.  You should consider using
+the <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 hint
+located at <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/"/> if you
+have no interest in <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version;.</para>
+  <para>If your system was completely built per LFS and BLFS instructions,
+  you have a very good chance of using
+  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; after
+  your first installation. If you are a typical LFS user, you have made
+  modifications to the instructions along the way knowing that you have to
+  take those modifications into account on future installations. You should
+  have no problems integrating
+  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; into
+  your unique setup, but you will have to install almost 50 packages before
+  you can run <application>GNOME</application> through any testing (assuming
+  your window manager is preinstalled and tested). You should anticipate that
+  you will be rebuilding <application>GNOME</application> at least once to
+  make adjustments for your setup.</para>
+<!--
+<para><application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-&gnome-version; dependencies</para>
+<para>Required</para>
+<para>
+<xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
+<xref linkend="popt"/>
+</para>
+<para>Optional</para>
+<para>
+<xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
+<xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
+<xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
+<xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> and
+<xref linkend="fam"/>
+</para>
+-->
+  <para>If you are building a <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 desktop
+  environment, you would install only those libraries in the
+  <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 chapter <emphasis>and</emphasis> any
+  dependencies listed on those pages, whether labeled or not.
+  <application>GNOME</application> packages without pages are simply
+  installed with:</para>
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome &amp;&amp;
+make</userinput></screen>
+  <para>Now, as the <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user:</para>
+<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+  <para>These instructions are simplistic to facilitate removal of
+  <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 from BLFS systems when it is no longer
+  necessary. These instructions may be refined later to comply with BLFS
+  standards for file locations, specifically
+  <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/etc</filename> to
+  <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename> and
+  <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/var</filename> to
+  <filename class='directory'>/var</filename>. You should consider using
+  the <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 hint located at
+  <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/"/> if you have no
+  interest in
+  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;.</para>
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