Introduction to libgnome
The libgnome package contains the
libgnome library.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.2
platform.
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
This is a legacy GNOME-2 package
which has been deprecated by the GNOME developers and will be removed from
the book in due course. Please ensure that you really want or
need it before you build it.
Package Information
libgnome Dependencies
Required
libbonobo-2.32.1 and gnome-vfs-2.24.4
Recommended (if you plan on installing the GNOME-2 deprecated
packages)
libcanberra-0.30
Optional
GTK-Doc-1.18
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libgnome
Installation of libgnome
Install libgnome by running the
following commands:
ORBit=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) &&
./configure --prefix=$ORBit \
--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2 \
--localstatedir=/var/lib \
--mandir=$ORBit/share/man &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Command Explanations
--prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix
ORBit-2.0): Setting the prefix using this parameter
instead of with $GNOME_PREFIX will
ensure that the prefix is consistent with the installation
environment and the package will be installed in the correct
location.
--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2: This parameter causes
the configuration files to be installed in /etc/gnome/2.30.2 instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. You may prefer to use a
simpler value such as /etc/gnome or
even /etc.
--localstatedir=/var/lib:
This parameter sets LIBGNOME_LOCALSTATEDIR to /var/lib instead of /usr/var to synchronize with the GNOME Games installation and properly record
high scores in /var/lib/games.
--disable-static: This switch prevents
the static libraries being installed.
--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if
GTK-Doc is installed and you wish
to rebuild and install the API documentation.