gnome-desktop-3.32.2

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 9.0

### Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

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# gnome-desktop-3.32.2

## Introduction to GNOME Desktop

The GNOME Desktop package contains a library that provides an API shared by several applications on the GNOME Desktop.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.0 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-desktop/3.32/gnome-desktop-3.32.2.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-desktop/3.32/gnome-desktop-3.32.2.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: e9a32b755c20f1462f7c4321e32b30cb

- Download size: 696 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 14 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (using parallelism=4; with tests)

### GNOME Desktop Dependencies

#### Required

gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.32.0, GTK+-3.24.10, ISO Codes-4.3, itstool-2.0.6, libseccomp-2.4.1, libxml2-2.9.9, and xkeyboard-config-2.27

#### Recommended

bubblewrap-0.3.3 (needed for thumbnailers in Nautilus) and gobject-introspection-1.60.2

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.32

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-desktop

## Installation of GNOME Desktop

Install GNOME Desktop by running the following commands:

    mkdir build &&
    cd build &&

    meson --prefix=/usr                 \
          -Dgnome_distributor="BLFS" .. &&
    ninja

To test the results, run ninja test from a X Terminal or similar.

Now, as the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Command Explanations

`-Dgnome_distributor="Some Name"`: Use this parameter to supply a custom name in the “Distributor:” field of the “GNOME About” display window.

## Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libgnome-desktop-3.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gnome-desktop-3.0, /usr/share/gnome, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3, and /usr/share/help/*/{fdl,gpl,lgpl}

### Short Descriptions

`libgnome-desktop-3.so` | contains functions shared by several GNOME applications.

Last updated on 2019-08-23 21:39:43 -0700

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