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

Chapter 33. GNOME Additional Packages

gnome-nettool-2.30.0

Introduction to gnome-nettool

The gnome-nettool package is a network information tool which provides user interfaces for some of the most common command line network tools.

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

Package Information

gnome-nettool Dependencies

Required

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

Optional

Rarian-0.8.1

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

Installation of gnome-nettool

Install gnome-nettool by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --disable-scrollkeeper &&
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.

--disable-scrollkeeper: Do not make updates to the scrollkeeper database. Remove it if you have rarian installed.

Contents

Installed Program: gnome-nettool
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/share/{gnome-nettool/{dialogs, pixmaps},gnome/help/gnome-nettool/*,omf/gnome-nettool}

Short Descriptions

gnome-nettool

is a network information tool.

Last updated on 2010-08-22 09:01:42 +0000