Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 31. GNOME Additional Packages

GNOME Magnifier-0.12.1

Introduction to GNOME Magnifier

The GNOME Magnifier includes a screen magnifier, which allows you to zoom in on portions of the desktop. It is expressly designed for users with low vision who wish to use the GNOME desktop.

Package Information

GNOME Magnifier Dependencies

Required

AT SPI-1.6.4

Optional (For XFree86 Only)

Xdamage (requires XExtensions* then FixesExt then Xfixes then DamageExt)

* The XExtensions package is included with the BLFS XFree86 installation, but the pkgconfig .pc file FixesExt looks for is not installed. Satisfy the requirement by installing an xextensions.pc file:

As the root user: 

cat > /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xextensions.pc << "EOF"
prefix=/usr/X11R6
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
includedir=${prefix}/include

Name: XExtensions
Description: Sundry X extension headers
Version: 1.0.1
Cflags: -I${includedir}

EOF

Installation of GNOME Magnifier

Install GNOME Magnifier by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: magnifier
Installed Library: libgnome-mag.so
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/include/gnome-mag-1.0, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome-mag and $GNOME_PREFIX/share/idl/gnome-mag-1.0

Short Descriptions

magnifier

is a screen zooming utility.

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