Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-02-12

Chapter 35. Deprecated GNOME Packages

libbonoboui-2.24.5

Introduction to libbonoboui

The libbonoboui package contains libbonoboui libraries.

[Note]

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.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-6.5 platform.

Package Information

libbonoboui Dependencies

Required

libglade-2.6.4, libgnome-2.32.1, and libgnomecanvas-2.30.3

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.18

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

Installation of libbonoboui

Install libbonoboui by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
install -v -m755 -d $(pkg-config \
        --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/doc/libbonoboui-2.24.5 &&
install -v -m644 doc/*.{dtd,txt,xml,html} $(pkg-config \
        --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/doc/libbonoboui-2.24.5

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.

--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.

Contents

Installed Programs: bonobo-browser and test-moniker
Installed Libraries: libbonoboui-2.{so,a} and libbonobo.{so,a} Glade library
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/{include/libbonoboui-2.0/bonobo, share/{doc/libbonoboui-2.24.3,gnome-2.0/ui, gtk-doc/html/libbonoboui}}

Short Descriptions

libbonoboui-2.{so,a}

are the GUI portion of the Bonobo libraries.

Last updated on 2012-01-25 04:08:06 +0000