Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 11. System Utilities

gvfs-1.6.2

Introduction to gvfs

The gvfs package is a userspace virtual filesystem designed to work with the I/O abstractions of GLib's GIO library.

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

Package Information

gvfs Dependencies

Required

D-BUS-1.4.16, GLib-2.30.1, and intltool-0.50.0

Optional

avahi-0.6.25, BlueZ, D-Bus GLib Bindings-0.98, expat-2.0.1, FUSE, GConf-2.28.1, gnome-disk-utility-2.30.1, HAL-0.5.14, libarchive-2.8.5, libcdio, libgnome-keyring-2.30.1, libgphoto2, libsoup-2.30.2, libxml2-2.7.8, and Samba-3.6.1

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

Installation of gvfs

Install gvfs by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gvfs  &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--sysconfdir=/etc: This parameter causes the sysconf files to be installed in the preferred location of /etc instead of /usr/etc.

--libexecdir=/usr/lib/gvfs: This parameter causes the libexec files to be installed in the preferred location of /usr/lib/gvfs instead of /usr/libexec.

Contents

Installed Programs: gvfs-cat, gvfs-copy, gvfs-info, gvfs-less, gvfs-ls, gvfs-mkdir, gvfs-monitor-dir, gvfs-monitor-file, gvfs-mount, gvfs-move, gvfs-open, gvfs-rename, gvfs-rm, gvfs-save, gvfs-set-attribute, gvfs-trash, gvfs-tree, gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor, gvfsd, gvfsd-burn, gvfsd-computer, gvfsd-dnssd, gvfsd-ftp, gvfsd-localtest, gvfsd-metadata, gvfsd-network, gvfsd-sftp, and gvfsd-trash
Installed Libraries: libgiogconf.so, libgioremote-volume-monitor.so, libgvfsdbus.so, libgvfscommon-dnssd.so, and libgvfscommon.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{include/gvfs-client/gvfs,lib/gvfs,share/gvfs/{mounts, remote-volume-monitors}}

Last updated on 2011-06-08 11:46:50 +0000