Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-17

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

gnome-menus-3.6.2

Introduction to GNOME Menus

The GNOME Menus package contains an implementation of the draft Desktop Menu Specification from freedesktop.org. It also contains the GNOME menu layout configuration files, .directory files and a menu related utility program.

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

Package Information

GNOME Menus Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.34.3 and Intltool-0.50.2

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.34.2

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

Installation of GNOME Menus

Install GNOME Menus by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --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 Program: gmenu-simple-editor
Installed Library: libgnome-menu.so
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/menus, /usr/include/gnome-menus-3.0, /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor and /usr/share/gnome-menus

Short Descriptions

gmenu-simple-editor

is used to modify GNOME Menu layout.

libgnome-menu.so

contains functions required to support GNOME's implementation of the Desktop Menu Specification.

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