Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.10

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

gnome-terminal-3.20.2

Introduction to GNOME Terminal

The GNOME Terminal package contains the terminal emulator for GNOME Desktop.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.10 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Terminal Dependencies

Required

Appstream-GLib-0.6.1, DConf-0.26.0, gnome-shell-3.20.4, gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.20.0, itstool-2.0.2, and VTE-0.44.2

Recommended

Nautilus-3.20.3

Optional

desktop-file-utils-0.23

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

Installation of GNOME Terminal

Install GNOME Terminal by running the following commands: 

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install
[Note]

Note

To run GNOME Terminal, the environment variable LANG must be set to a UTF-8 locale prior to starting the graphical environment.

Command Explanations

--disable-migration: This switch disables building of the GNOME Terminal GConf migration tool which is not necessary for BLFS.

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

Contents

Installed Program: gnome-terminal
Installed Libraries: /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0/libterminal-nautilus.so (Nautilus Extension)
Installed Directories: /usr/share/help/*/gnome-terminal

Short Descriptions

gnome-terminal

is the GNOME Terminal Emulator.

Last updated on 2016-08-29 23:02:26 -0700