Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

DConf-0.16.1

Introduction to DConf

The DConf package contains a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to GSettings on platforms that don't already have configuration storage systems.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

DConf Dependencies

Required

D-Bus-1.6.14 and GTK+-3.8.4

Recommended

Vala-0.20.1

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.19

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/dconf

Installation of DConf

Install DConf by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/dconf &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: dconf, dconf-editor and dconf-service
Installed Libraries: libdconf-dbus-1.so and libdconf.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/dconf, /usr/include/dconf-dbus-1, /usr/lib/dconf, /usr/share/dconf-editor and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/dconf

Short Descriptions

dconf

is a simple tool for manipulating the DConf database.

dconf-editor

is a graphical program for editing settings that are stored in the DConf database.

dconf-service

is the D-Bus service that writes to the DConf database.

libdconf.so

contains the DConf client API functions.

libdconf-dbus-1.so

contains the DConf client API functions for D-Bus.

Last updated on 2013-09-02 13:01:46 -0700