Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 31. GNOME Additional Packages

GPdf-2.10.0

Introduction to GPdf

GPdf is a PDF viewer for GNOME. It is based on Xpdf and the GNOME Print Preview widget.

Package Information

GPdf Dependencies

Required

libgnomeui-2.10.0 and libgnomeprintui-2.10.2

Optional

TeX-3.0 and libpaper

Installation of GPdf

Install GPdf 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 --localstatedir=/var/lib &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

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.

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

Contents

Installed Programs: gpdf and gnome-pdf-viewer
Installed Library: GNOME_PDF.server bonobo server
Installed Directories: /etc/gnome/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/gpdf, /etc/gnome/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/schemas/apps/gpdf, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome/help/gpdf, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gpdf, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/omf/gpdf, and $GNOME_PREFIX/share/pixmaps/gpdf

Short Descriptions

gpdf

is a PDF viewer for GNOME.

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