Changeset 16e35d5 for gnome/gnome-intro.xml
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- 05/22/2005 10:06:17 AM (19 years ago)
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r996d6b95 r16e35d5 1 1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 2 <!DOCTYPE sect1PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"2 <!DOCTYPE partintro PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" 3 3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ 4 4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> … … 11 11 12 12 <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 20 20 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 22 22 build order for the &gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; release.</para> 23 23 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> 35 34 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 going39 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> 44 43 45 44 <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 48 47 following command:</para> 49 48 50 <screen ><userinput>rm -rf /opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</userinput></screen>49 <screen role="root"><userinput>rm -rf /opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</userinput></screen> 51 50 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 56 55 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 64 63 make adjustments for your setup.</para> 65 64 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 71 70 installed with:</para> 72 71 … … 78 77 <screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> 79 78 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 91 90 <application>GNOME</application>-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;.</para> 92 91
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