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

Chapter 33. GNOME Additional Packages

gedit-2.30.3

Introduction to gedit

The gedit package contains a lightweight UTF-8 text editor for the GNOME desktop.

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

Package Information

gedit Dependencies

Required

GConf-2.28.1, GNOME Doc Utils-0.20.2, gtk+-2.24.8, gtksourceview-2.10.4, and which-2.20

Recommended

enchant-1.6.0 and ISO Codes-3.30 (to Provide Spell-Checking Capability), and Rarian-0.8.1

Optional

attr-2.4.44, GTK-Doc-1.18, libsoup-2.30.2, PyGTK-2.17.0 (including the gtk and pango modules), and PyGtkSourceView-2.10.1

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

Installation of gedit

Install gedit by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2 \
            --libexecdir=$(pkg-config \
                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gedit-2 \
            --localstatedir=/var/lib &&
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.

--disable-spell: Use this parameter to disables spell-checking capability and is required if Enchant is not installed.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

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

Contents

Installed Program: gedit
Installed Libraries: libcloader.so, libchangecase.so, libdocinfo.so, libfilebrowser.so, libmodelines.so, libsort.so, libspell.so, libtaglist.so, and libtime.so
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/{include/gedit-2.20/gedit, lib/gedit-2/{gedit-2,plugin-loaders,plugins},share/{gedit-2/{icons,logo, plugins/{changecase,docinfo,filebrowser,modelines,sort,spell,taglist, time},ui},gnome/help/gedit/*,gtk-doc/html/gedit,omf/gedit}}

Short Descriptions

gedit

is a lightweight text editor integrated with the GNOME desktop.

Last updated on 2010-08-19 09:34:10 +0000