Changeset 16e35d5 for gnome


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Timestamp:
05/22/2005 10:06:17 AM (19 years ago)
Author:
Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
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Tagged gnome-intro.xml

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@4444 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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    11<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
    2 <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
     2<!DOCTYPE partintro PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
    33   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
    44  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
    … …  
    1111
    1212  <para>This chapter presents the instructions to install a complete
    13   <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; 
    14   desktop environment and a limited <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 
    15   library environment that is sufficient to run 
    16   <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 applications included in this book. 
    17   The order of the pages follow the build order defined by the 
    18   <application>GNOME</application> development team as published in previous 
    19   versions of the <ulink 
     13  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;
     14  desktop environment and a limited <application>GNOME</application> 1.4
     15  library environment that is sufficient to run
     16  <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 applications included in this book.
     17  The order of the pages follow the build order defined by the
     18  <application>GNOME</application> development team as published in previous
     19  versions of the <ulink
    2020  url="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnome-version;/notes/rninstallation.html">
    21   release notes</ulink>. Note that the development team did not publish a 
     21  release notes</ulink>. Note that the development team did not publish a
    2222  build order for the &gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; release.</para>
    2323
    24   <para>The installation of
    25   <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;
    26   is a large undertaking and one we would like to see you complete with the
    27   least amount of stress. One of the first goals in this installation is to
    28   protect your previously installed software, especially if you are testing
    29   <application>GNOME</application> on your machine.
    30   <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version; packages utilize the
    31   <parameter>--prefix=option</parameter> passed to
    32   <command>configure</command>, so you will use that and an environment
    33   variable (<envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar>) to add flexibility to the
    34   installation.</para>
     24  <para>The installation of
     25  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;
     26  is a large undertaking and one we would like to see you complete with the
     27  least amount of stress. One of the first goals in this installation is to
     28  protect your previously installed software, especially if you are testing
     29  <application>GNOME</application> on your machine.
     30  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version; packages utilize the
     31  <option>--prefix=option</option> passed to <command>configure</command>,
     32  so you will use that and an environment variable (<envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar>)
     33  to add flexibility to the installation.</para>
    3534
    36   <para>To install <application>GNOME</application> as your desktop of choice, 
    37   it is recommended that you install using 
    38   <parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter>. If you are not sure that you are going
    39   to keep the <application>GNOME</application> installation, or you think you 
    40   will update to the newest releases as they become available, you should 
    41   install with <parameter>--prefix=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</parameter>.
    42   Setting the environment variable and the additional edits required by the 
    43   second option are covered on the pre-installation page.</para> 
     35  <para>To install <application>GNOME</application> as your desktop of choice,
     36  it is recommended that you install using
     37  <option>--prefix=/usr</option>. If you are not sure that you are going
     38  to keep the <application>GNOME</application> installation, or you think you
     39  will update to the newest releases as they become available, you should
     40  install with <option>--prefix=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</option>.
     41  Setting the environment variable and the additional edits required by the
     42  second option are covered on the pre-installation page.</para>
    4443
    4544  <para>If you choose the second option, removal of
    46   <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; is as 
    47   easy as removing the edits from the pre-installation page and issuing the 
     45  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; is as
     46  easy as removing the edits from the pre-installation page and issuing the
    4847  following command:</para>
    4948
    50 <screen><userinput>rm -rf /opt/gnome-&gnome-version; </userinput></screen>
     49<screen role="root"><userinput>rm -rf /opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</userinput></screen>
    5150
    52   <para>If your system was completely built per LFS and BLFS instructions, 
    53   you have a very good chance of using 
    54   <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; after 
    55   your first installation. If you are a typical LFS user, you have made 
     51  <para>If your system was completely built per LFS and BLFS instructions,
     52  you have a very good chance of using
     53  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; after
     54  your first installation. If you are a typical LFS user, you have made
    5655  modifications to the instructions along the way knowing that you have to
    57   take those modifications into account on future installations. You should 
    58   have no problems integrating 
    59   <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; into 
    60   your unique setup, but you will have to install almost 50 packages before 
    61   you can run <application>GNOME</application> through any testing (assuming 
    62   your window manager is preinstalled and tested). You should anticipate that 
    63   you will be rebuilding <application>GNOME</application> at least once to 
     56  take those modifications into account on future installations. You should
     57  have no problems integrating
     58  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; into
     59  your unique setup, but you will have to install almost 50 packages before
     60  you can run <application>GNOME</application> through any testing (assuming
     61  your window manager is preinstalled and tested). You should anticipate that
     62  you will be rebuilding <application>GNOME</application> at least once to
    6463  make adjustments for your setup.</para>
    6564
    66   <para>If you are building a <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 desktop 
    67   environment, you would install only those libraries in the 
    68   <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 chapter <emphasis>and</emphasis> any 
    69   dependencies listed on those pages, whether labeled or not. 
    70   <application>GNOME</application> packages without pages are simply 
     65  <para>If you are building a <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 desktop
     66  environment, you would install only those libraries in the
     67  <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 chapter <emphasis>and</emphasis> any
     68  dependencies listed on those pages, whether labeled or not.
     69  <application>GNOME</application> packages without pages are simply
    7170  installed with:</para>
    7271
    … …  
    7877<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
    7978
    80   <para>These instructions are simplistic to facilitate removal of 
    81   <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 from BLFS systems when it is no longer 
    82   necessary. These instructions may be refined later to comply with BLFS 
    83   standards for file locations, specifically 
    84   <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/etc</filename> to 
    85   <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename> and 
    86   <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/var</filename> to 
    87   <filename class='directory'>/var</filename>. You should consider using 
    88   the <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 hint located at 
    89   <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/"/> if you have no 
    90   interest in 
     79  <para>These instructions are simplistic to facilitate removal of
     80  <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 from BLFS systems when it is no longer
     81  necessary. These instructions may be refined later to comply with BLFS
     82  standards for file locations, specifically
     83  <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/etc</filename> to
     84  <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename> and
     85  <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/var</filename> to
     86  <filename class='directory'>/var</filename>. You should consider using
     87  the <application>GNOME</application> 1.4 hint located at
     88  <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/"/> if you have no
     89  interest in
    9190  <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;.</para>
    9291
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