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

Chapter 33. GNOME Additional Packages

alacarte-0.13.1

Introduction to alacarte

The alacarte package is a menu editor for GNOME using the freedesktop.org menu specification.

This package is known to build using an LFS 6.5 platform but has not been tested.

Package Information

alacarte Dependencies

Required

gnome-menus-2.30.2 and PyGObject-3.0.3

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

Installation of alacarte

Install alacarte by running the following commands: 

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

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.

Contents

Installed Program: alacarte
Installed Libraries: Python modules.
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/{lib/python2.7/site-packages/Alacarte, share/{alacarte,icons/hicolor/256x256/apps,locale/bem/LC_MESSAGES}}

Short Descriptions

alacarte

is a menu editor for GNOME.

Last updated on 2011-10-31 19:38:44 +0000