gnome-nettool-42.0

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 12.2

### Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

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# gnome-nettool-42.0

## Introduction to GNOME Nettool

The GNOME Nettool package is a network information tool which provides GUI interface for some of the most common command line network tools.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-nettool/42/gnome-nettool-42.0.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: ba99489e9e3a1af03e9f2719acac7beb

- Download size: 413 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 12 MB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

### Additional Downloads

- Required patch: https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/12.2/gnome-nettool-42.0-ping_and_netstat_fixes-1.patch

### GNOME Nettool Dependencies

#### Required

GTK+-3.24.43, itstool-2.0.7, and libgtop-2.41.3

#### Runtime Dependencies

BIND Utilities-9.20.0, Nmap-7.95, Net-tools-2.10, Traceroute-2.1.5, and Whois-5.4.3

## Installation of GNOME Nettool

First, adapt GNOME Nettool to changes in the ping, ping6, and netstat utilities:

    patch -Np1 -i ../gnome-nettool-42.0-ping_and_netstat_fixes-1.patch

Then add a fix for newer versions of meson:

    sed -i '/merge_file/s/(.*/(/' data/meson.build

Install GNOME Nettool by running the following commands:

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

    meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release &&
    ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Contents

Installed Program: gnome-nettool
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/gnome-nettool and /usr/share/help/*/gnome-nettool

### Short Descriptions

gnome-nettool | is a network information tool

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