Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-24

Chapter 31. GNOME Applications

gnome-games-3.6.1

Introduction to GNOME Games

The GNOME Games is a collection of simple, but addictive games from the GNOME Desktop project. They represent many of the popular games and include card games, puzzle games and arcade games.

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

Package Information

GNOME Games Dependencies

Required

clutter-gtk-1.4.2, libcanberra-0.30, librsvg-2.36.4, PyGObject-3.4.2 and yelp-xsl-3.6.1

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.34.2 and Vala-0.18.1

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-games

Installation of GNOME Games

Some of the GNOME Games game binaries need to be setgid to track high scores. Create a separate user and group for games by running the following command as the root user: 

install -v -m755 -d /var/games &&
groupadd -g 60 games &&
useradd -c "Games High Score Owner" -d /var/games \
        -g games -s /bin/false -u 60 games &&
chown -v games:games /var/games

Install GNOME Games by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var &&
make

This package does not come with a testsuite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-setgid: This will prevent the setgid bit on the executables from being set. It provides system administrators with the option to disable setgid binaries, though it also means that the functionality to save high game scores will be disabled.

Contents

Installed Programs: glchess, glines, gnect, gnibbles, gnobots2, gnome-mahjongg, gnome-sudoku, gnomine, gnotravex, gnotski, gtali, iagno, lightsoff, quadrapassel and swell-foop
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gnome_sudoku, /usr/share/glchess, /usr/share/glines, /usr/share/gnect, /usr/share/gnibbles, /usr/share/gnobots2, /usr/share/gnome-mahjongg, /usr/share/gnome-sudoku, /usr/share/gnomine, /usr/share/gnotravex, /usr/share/gnotski, /usr/share/gtali, /usr/share/help/*/glchess, /usr/share/help/*/glines, /usr/share/help/*/gnect, /usr/share/help/*/gnibbles, /usr/share/help/*/gnobots2, /usr/share/help/*/gnome-mahjongg, /usr/share/help/*/gnome-sudoku, /usr/share/help/*/gnomine, /usr/share/help/*/gnotravex, /usr/share/help/*/gnotski, /usr/share/help/*/gtali, /usr/share/help/*/iagno, /usr/share/help/*/lightsoff, /usr/share/help/*/quadrapassel, /usr/share/help/*/swell-foop, /usr/share/iagno, /usr/share/lightsoff, /usr/share/quadrapassel, /usr/share/swell-foop and /var/games

Short Descriptions

glchess

is a chess game which supports several chess engines.

glines

is a game which involves moving balls around the grid and try and form lines of the same colour to make them disappear.

gnect

is a classic game where each player tries to make a line of four disks before their opponent.

gnibbles

is a "worm" game. You pilot a worm around a maze trying to collect diamonds. With each diamond your worm grows and navigation becomes ever more difficult.

gnobots2

is a classic BSD robots game where you have to avoid a hoard of robots who are trying to kill you.

gnome-mahjongg

is a tile-based solitaire game with an oriental flavor. Remove tiles in matching pairs from a pile to try and dismantle it.

gnome-sudoku

is a logic game with a Japanese name that has recently exploded in popularity.

gnomine

is a game where you clear mines from a board using hints from squares you have already uncovered.

gnotravex

is a puzzle game where you have to match a grid of tiles together.

gnotski

is a series of sliding block puzzles.

gtali

is an ancient Roman game.

iagno

is a game where the goal is to control all the disks on the board by trapping your opponents disks between two of yours.

quadrapassel

is a Russian game of fitting falling geometric shapes.

Last updated on 2013-02-11 18:51:17 +0000