Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 9.0

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

VTE-0.56.3

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-9.0 platform.

Package Information

VTE Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.10, libxml2-2.9.9, and pcre2-10.33

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.60.2, GnuTLS-3.6.9, and Vala-0.44.7

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.32 and Glade

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       &&
make

To test the results, issue make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

--without-gnutls: Add this switch if you don't have GnuTLS-3.6.9 installed.

--enable-vala=no: Add this switch if you don't have Vala-0.44.7 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: vte-2.91
Installed Library: libvte-2.91.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/vte-2.91 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/vte-2.91

Short Descriptions

vte-2.91

is a test application for the VTE libraries.

libvte-2.91.so

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

Last updated on 2019-08-17 15:49:15 -0700