Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 31. GNOME Additional Packages

gedit-2.10.2

Introduction to gedit

The gedit package contains a lightweight UTF-8 text editor for the GNOME desktop.

Package Information

gedit Dependencies

Required

EEL-2.10.1 and gtksourceview-1.2.0

Optional

Aspell-0.60.3

Installation of gedit

Install gedit by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--localstatedir=/var/lib: This switch puts ScrollKeeper files in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc.

Contents

Installed Programs: gedit and gnome-text-editor
Installed Libraries: GNOME_Gedit.server bonobo server and several gedit plugin modules
Installed Directories: /etc/gnome/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/gedit-2, /etc/gnome/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/schemas/apps/gedit-2, $GNOME_PREFIX/include/gedit-2.10, $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gedit-2, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gedit-2, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome/help/gedit, and $GNOME_PREFIX/share/omf/gedit

Short Descriptions

gedit

is a lightweight text editor.

gnome-text-editor

is a symlink to gedit.

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600