GConf-2.6.1

Introduction to GConf

The GConf package contains a configuration database system.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/GConf/2.6/GConf-2.6.1.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/GConf/2.6/GConf-2.6.1.tar.bz2
Download size: 1.4 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 27.3 MB
Estimated build time: 0.56 SBU

GConf dependencies

Required

ORBit2-2.10.1, GTK+-2.4.1 and libxml2-2.6.9

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.2 and docbook-utils

Installation of GConf

Install GConf by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --disable-gtk-doc &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin: This switch puts libexec files in $GNOME_PREFIX/sbin instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/libexec.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. This installation controls all future installations of schemas. If you change the location (which includes eliminating this parameter), it must be consistent for every subsequent installation.

--disable-gtk-doc: This switch prevents the rebuilding of the documentation during the make command.

Description

libgconf libraries

libgconf libraries provide the functions necessary to maintain the configuration database.