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.
The DConf-Editor, as the name suggests, is a graphical editor for the DConf database. Installation is optional, because gsettings from GLib-2.82.2 provides similar functionality on the commandline.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/dconf/0.40/dconf-0.40.0.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: ac8db20b0d6b996d4bbbeb96463d01f0
Download size: 115 KB
Estimated disk space required: 7.0 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (with tests)
Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/dconf-editor/45/dconf-editor-45.0.1.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 82b2f5d396e95757ad7eaf89c82decd6
Download size: 596 KB
Estimated disk space required: 21 MB
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU
dbus-1.14.10, GLib-2.82.2, GTK+-3.24.43 (for the editor), libhandy-1.8.3 (for the editor), and libxml2-2.13.5 (for the editor)
libxslt-1.1.42 and Vala-0.56.17
First, prevent unnecessary systemd units from being installed:
sed -i 's/install_dir: systemd_userunitdir,//' service/meson.build
Install DConf by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D bash_completion=false \
.. &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja test
As the root user:
ninja install
Now, optionally install the editor:
cd .. && tar -xf ../dconf-editor-45.0.1.tar.xz && cd dconf-editor-45.0.1 && mkdir build && cd build && meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. && ninja
As the root user:
ninja install
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-D gtk_doc=true: Use this parameter if
GTK-Doc is installed and you wish
to rebuild and install the API documentation.
/usr/lib/gio/modules)