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

Chapter 33. GNOME Additional Packages

gcalctool-5.30.2

Introduction to gcalctool

gcalctool is a powerful graphical calculator with financial, logical and scientific modes. It uses a multiple precision package to do its arithmetic to give a high degree of accuracy.

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

Package Information

gcalctool Dependencies

Required

GConf-2.28.1, GNOME Doc Utils-0.20.2, gtk+-2.24.8, and which-2.20

Recommended

Rarian-0.8.1

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

Installation of gcalctool

Install gcalctool by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2 \
            --localstatedir=/var/lib \
            --mandir=$(pkg-config \
                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man &&
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.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2: This parameter causes the configuration files to be installed in /etc/gnome/2.30.2 instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. Additionally (if applicable), the parameter ensures that the GConf-2 database is correctly updated.

--localstatedir=/var/lib: This parameter is used so that all ScrollKeeper files are installed in, and the ScrollKeeper database is properly updated in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of some files being installed in $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper.

--mandir=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man: This parameter causes the man.(X) files to be installed in $GNOME_PREFIX/share/man/man(X) instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/man/man(X).

--disable-scrollkeeper: Use this parameter if you wish to disable the updates to the scrollkeeper database.

Contents

Installed Programs: gcalccmd and gcalctool
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/share/{gcalctool, gnome/help/gcalctool/*}

Short Descriptions

gcalctool

is a desktop calculator for GNOME.

gcalccmd

is a command line version of gcalctool.

Last updated on 2010-08-14 02:56:48 +0000