Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.7

Chapter 30. GNOME Libraries and Utilities

GConf-3.2.6

Introduction to GConf

The GConf package contains a configuration database system used by many GNOME applications.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.7 platform.

Package Information

GConf Dependencies

Required

dbus-glib-0.104 and libxml2-2.9.2

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.42.0, GTK+-3.14.8 and Polkit-0.112

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.21 and OpenLDAP-2.4.40

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

Installation of GConf

Install GConf by running the following commands: 

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
ln -s gconf.xml.defaults /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system

Command Explanations

--disable-orbit: This switch is required if ORBit2 is not installed. ORBit2 is a deprecated package.

--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: gconf-merge-tree, gconftool-2, gsettings-data-convert and gsettings-schema-convert
Installed Libraries: libgconf-2.so
Installed Directories: /etc/gconf, /usr/include/gconf, /usr/lib/GConf, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gconf and /usr/share/sgml/gconf

Short Descriptions

gconf-merge-tree

merges an XML filesystem hierarchy.

gconftool-2

is a command line tool used for manipulating the GConf database.

gsettings-data-convert

reads values out of the users GConf database and stores them in GSettings.

gsettings-schemas-convert

converts between GConf and GSettings schema file formats.

libgconf-2.so

provides the functions necessary to maintain the configuration database.

Last updated on 2015-02-26 13:54:24 -0800