Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-22

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

Nautilus-3.6.3

Introduction to Nautilus

The Nautilus package contains the GNOME file manager.

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

Package Information

Nautilus Dependencies

Required

gnome-desktop-3.6.2

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.34.2

Optional

DocBook-utils-0.6.14, Exempi-2.2.0, libexif-0.6.21, Tracker and Valgrind

Recommended (Runtime)

Gvfs-1.14.2 (For hotplugging and device mounting to work)

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

Installation of Nautilus

Install Nautilus by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/nautilus \
            --disable-nst-extension \
            --disable-packagekit \
            --disable-tracker &&
make

This package needs to be installed before its testsuite can be run.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

To test the results, issue: make check.

Command Explanations

--disable-packagekit: This switch disables use of PackageKit which isn't suitable for BLFS.

--disable-nst-extension: This switch disables building of the sendto extension which is provided by other package.

--disable-tracker: This switch disables use of Tracker which isn't part of BLFS.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: nautilus, nautilus-autorun-software and nautilus-connect-server
Installed Library: libnautilus-extension.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/nautilus, /usr/lib/nautilus, /usr/share/gnome-shell/search-providers, /usr/share/nautilus and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libnautilus-extension

Short Descriptions

nautilus

is the GNOME file manager.

libnautilus-extension.so

supplies the functions needed by the file manager extensions.

Last updated on 2013-01-19 02:09:18 +0000