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

Chapter 33. GNOME Additional Packages

GNOME Magnifier-0.16.1

Introduction to GNOME Magnifier

The GNOME Magnifier includes a screen magnifier, which allows you to zoom in on portions of the desktop. It is expressly designed for users with low vision who wish to use the GNOME desktop.

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

Package Information

GNOME Magnifier Dependencies

Required

AT SPI-1.30.1

Optional (to Build the Colorblind Applet)

GNOME Desktop-2.30.2, colorblind, PyGTK-2.17.0 (including the gtk and gtk.libglade modules), PyORBit-2.24.0, Gnome-Python-2.28.1 (including the gnome.ui module), and Gnome-Python-Desktop-2.30.2 (including the gnomeapplet module)

Optional

Doxygen-1.7.5

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-mag

Installation of GNOME Magnifier

If Doxygen-1.7.5 is installed, the reference documentation is automatically generated. Install GNOME Magnifier by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2 &&
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.

Contents

Installed Program: magnifier
Installed Libraries: libgnome-mag.so and GNOME_Magnifier_module.so
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/{include/gnome-mag-1.0/magnifier, share/{doc/gnome-mag-0.16.1/reference/html,gnome-mag/{1_32,dbus}, idl/gnome-mag-1.0}}

Short Descriptions

magnifier

is a screen zooming utility.

libgnome-mag.so

contains the GNOME Magnifier API functions.

GNOME_Magnifier_module.so

is an ORBit2 module.

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