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+<!DOCTYPE partintro PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<!--
+$LastChangedBy$
+$Date$
+-->
+
+<partintro>
+
+  <title>Introduction to GNOME</title>
+
+  <!-- <warning id="gnome_broken" xreflabel="SVN GNOME is Broken">
+    <para>The <application>GLib</application>/<application>GTK+</application>
+    tool stack in the current SVN book is not compatible with this version
+    of GNOME. If you want to build GNOME using these instructions, you should
+    follow the stable BLFS 6.2.0 book (<ulink url="../stable/gnome/gnome.html"/>),
+    including
+    using the versions of the packages listed there. The BLFS development team
+    is working as hard as possible to bring the book up to GNOME-2.18.x.</para>
+  </warning> -->
+
+  <!-- <para>This chapter presents the instructions to install a complete
+  GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; desktop environment; and a limited
+  GNOME 1.4 library environment that is sufficient to run GNOME 1.4
+  applications included in this book. The order of the pages follows the build
+  order defined by the GNOME development team and documented in the <ulink
+  url="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnome-version;/notes/en/rninstallation.html">
+  Release Notes</ulink>.</para> -->
+
+  <para>This chapter presents the instructions to install a complete
+  GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; desktop environment. The order of
+  the installed packages follows the build order defined by the GNOME
+  development team and has been thoroughly tested by the BLFS team.</para>
+
+  <para>The installation of GNOME-&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 GNOME on
+  your machine. GNOME-&gnome-version; packages utilize the
+  <option>--prefix=option</option> 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 GNOME as your desktop of choice, it is recommended that you
+  install using <option>--prefix=/usr</option>. If you are not sure that you
+  are going to keep the GNOME installation, or you think you will update to the
+  newest releases as they become available, you should install with
+  <option>--prefix=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;</option>.
+  Setting the environment variable and the additional edits required by the
+  second option are covered in the Pre-Installation Configuration
+  section.</para>
+
+  <para>If you choose the second option, removal of
+  GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; is as easy as removing the edits
+  from the pre-installation page and issuing the following command (you may
+  need to become the <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem>
+  user):</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>rm -rf /opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;</userinput></screen>
+
+  <para>If your system was completely built per LFS and BLFS instructions,
+  you have a very good chance of using
+  GNOME-&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
+  GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; into your unique setup, but you
+  will have to install well over 50 packages before you can run GNOME through
+  any testing (assuming your windowing system is preinstalled and tested). You
+  should anticipate that you will be rebuilding GNOME at least once to make
+  adjustments for your setup.</para>
+
+  <!-- <para>If you are building a GNOME 1.4 library environment, you would install
+  only those libraries in the GNOME 1.4 chapter
+  <emphasis role='strong'>and</emphasis> any dependencies listed on those
+  pages, whether labeled or not. GNOME packages without pages in the book are
+  simply installed with:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure -prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4 &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
+  GNOME 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 GNOME 1.4 hint located at <ulink url="&hints-root;"/> if you have no
+  interest in GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;.</para> -->
+
+  <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Alternate Installation Methods</bridgehead>
+  <para>As was previously mentioned, building a GNOME desktop from sources is a
+  significant project. Some may find it too tedious or time-consuming to perform
+  a full installation following the BLFS book. You may wish to review the
+  automated methods mentioned in the GNOME-&gnome-version; <ulink
+  url="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnome-version;/notes/en/rninstallation.html">Release
+  Notes</ulink>. Note that using any other method to install
+  GNOME-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; other than using the BLFS
+  instructions cannot be supported by the BLFS team. Alternate methods are only
+  mentioned as a courtesy to builders who would like to build GNOME from sources
+  but do not have the time/desire/patience/whatever to follow the BLFS
+  book.</para>
+
+
+</partintro>
