Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r11.3-179

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

gnome-shell-43.3

Introduction to GNOME Shell

The GNOME Shell is the core user interface of the GNOME Desktop environment.

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the book.

Package Information

GNOME Shell Dependencies

Required

evolution-data-server-3.46.4, Gcr-4.1.0, Gjs-1.74.2, gnome-autoar-0.4.3, gnome-control-center-43.4.1, GTK-4.10.0, libgweather-4.2.0 (runtime), Mutter-43.3, sassc-3.6.2, startup-notification-0.12, and Systemd-253 (runtime)

Recommended

desktop-file-utils-0.26, gnome-bluetooth-42.5, gst-plugins-base-1.22.1, and NetworkManager-1.42.2

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2 and bash-completion

Runtime Dependencies

adwaita-icon-theme-43, DConf-0.40.0, GDM-43.0, gnome-backgrounds-43.1, and telepathy-mission-control-5.16.6

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-shell

Installation of GNOME Shell

Install GNOME Shell by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -Dtests=false       \
            ..                  &&
ninja

To test the results, you need to remove the -Dtests=false switch, and to have Mutter-43.3 compiled and installed with tests also. To run the tests, issue: ninja test. You must be running an X session to run the tests. Some will fail if GDM-43.0 is not installed.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

-Dtests=false: Remove this switch if you want to build the tests. But then meson will fail if Mutter-43.3 tests are not installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: gnome-extensions, gnome-extensions-app, gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extension-prefs, gnome-shell-extension-tool, and gnome-shell-perf-tool
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{shell,st} (optional), and /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/

Short Descriptions

gnome-shell

provides the core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 Desktop