Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 13.0

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

gnome-terminal-3.58.1

Introduction to GNOME Terminal

The GNOME Terminal package contains the terminal emulator for GNOME Desktop.

[Note]

Note

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 13.0 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Terminal Dependencies

Required

DConf-0.49.0, gnome-shell-49.4, gsettings-desktop-schemas-49.1, itstool-2.0.7, libhandy-1.8.3, and VTE-0.82.3

Recommended

Nautilus-49.3

Optional

appstream-glib-0.8.3 and desktop-file-utils-0.28

Installation of GNOME Terminal

First, fix some deprecated schema entries: 

sed -i -r 's:"(/system):"/org/gnome\1:g' src/external.gschema.xml

Install GNOME Terminal by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install
[Note]

Note

To run GNOME Terminal, the environment variable LANG must be set to a UTF-8 locale prior to starting the graphical environment.

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

-D search_provider=false: This switch disables the “search gnome-shell” provider. Use this option if you do not have gnome-shell installed.

-D nautilus_extension=false: This switch disables a dependency on the nautilus file manager. Use this option if you do not have Nautilus installed.

Contents

Installed Program: gnome-terminal
Installed Libraries: /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-4/libterminal-nautilus.so (Nautilus Extension)
Installed Directories: /usr/{lib,share/help/*}/gnome-terminal and /usr/share/xdg-terminals

Short Descriptions

gnome-terminal

is the GNOME Terminal Emulator