Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.6-systemd

Chapter 31. GNOME Libraries and Utilities

VTE-0.36.3

Introduction to VTE

The VTE package contains a termcap file implementation for terminal emulators.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 systemd platform.

Package Information

VTE Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.12.2

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.40.0

Optional

Glade and GTK-Doc-1.20

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

Installation of VTE

Install VTE by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr          \
            --sysconfdir=/etc      \
            --disable-static       \
            --enable-introspection &&
make

To test the results, issue make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-introspection: This switch enables Gobject Introspection bindings. Remove if you don't have gobject-introspection-1.40.0 installed.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

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

Contents

Installed Programs: vte2_90
Installed Libraries: libvte2_90.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/vte-2.90 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/vte-2.90

Short Descriptions

vte2_90

is a test application for the VTE libraries.

libvte2_90.so

is a library which implements a terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 3.

Last updated on 2014-08-25 18:22:00 -0700