Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.1

Chapter 6. Editors

Gedit-3.22.1

Introduction to Gedit

The Gedit package contains a lightweight UTF-8 text editor for the GNOME Desktop.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.1 platform.

Package Information

Gedit Dependencies

Required

gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.24.0, gtksourceview-3.24.3, itstool-2.0.2, and libpeas-1.20.0

Recommended

Gvfs-1.32.1 (runtime), ISO Codes-3.75, libsoup-2.58.2, and PyGObject-3.24.1 (Python 3 module)

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.26, Vala-0.36.4, gspell, and zeitgeist

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

Installation of Gedit

Install Gedit by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-spell &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-spell: Use this switch to disable spell-checking capability. It is required if gspell is not installed.

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

Contents

Installed Program: gedit and gnome-text-editor (symlink to gedit)
Installed Libraries: libgedit.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gedit-3.14 and /usr/{lib,libexec,share,share/gtk-doc/html,share/help/*}/gedit

Short Descriptions

gedit

is a lightweight text editor integrated with the GNOME Desktop.

Last updated on 2017-08-28 15:14:37 -0700