Mutter-3.6.3

Introduction to Mutter

Mutter is the window manager for GNOME. It is not invoked directly, but from gnome-session (on a machine with a hardware accelerated video driver).

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

Package Information

Mutter Dependencies

Required

Clutter-1.12.2, gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.6.1, GTK+-3.6.4 and Zenity-3.6.0

Recommended

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

Installation of Mutter

Install Mutter by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Programs: mutter, mutter-message, mutter-theme-viewer and mutter-window-demo
Installed Libraries: libmutter.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/mutter, /usr/lib/mutter and /usr/share/mutter

Short Descriptions

mutter

is a Clutter based compositing GTK+ Window Manager.

mutter-message

is a command used to send a message to Mutter.

mutter-theme-viewer

is used to preview any installed Mutter theme.

mutter-window-demo

is a Mutter demo program.

libmutter.so

contains the Mutter API functions.

Last updated on 2013-03-03 18:22:27 +0000