Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-22

Chapter 31. GNOME Applications

Evolution-3.6.4

Introduction to Evolution

The Evolution package contains an integrated mail, calendar and address book suite designed for the GNOME environment.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.2 platform.

Package Information

Evolution Dependencies

Required

evolution-data-server-3.6.4, gnome-desktop-3.6.2, gnome-icon-theme-3.6.2, GtkHTML-4.6.4 and shared-mime-info-1.1

Recommended

GStreamer-1.0.7, libcanberra-0.30 and libgweather-3.6.2

Optional

clutter-gtk-1.4.2, DocBook-utils-0.6.14, GeoClue-0.12.0, GTK-Doc-1.18, gtkimageview, MIT Kerberos V5-1.11.2, libchamplain, libpst, OpenLDAP-2.4.35 and libytnef

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

Installation of Evolution

Install Evolution by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
            --disable-pst-import &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-pst-import: This switch is used to disable the pst-import plugin.

--with-openldap: This switch will enable OpenLDAP support in Evolution.

--with-krb5=/usr: This switch will enable Kerberos 5 support in Evolution.

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

Contents

Installed Program: evolution
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/include/evolution-3.6, /usr/lib/evolution, /usr/share/evolution, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/eshell /usr/share/help/*/evolution

Short Descriptions

evolution

is an email, calendar and address book suite for the GNOME Desktop.

Last updated on 2013-03-16 16:48:02 +0000