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

Chapter 24. X Libraries

atk-2.2.0

Introduction to ATK

The accessibility tool kit contains the atk library. This is useful for allowing accessibility solutions to be available for all gtk+-2 and gtk+-3 applications.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

ATK Dependencies

Required

pkg-config-0.26

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.18 (if you've edited the docs and want to rebuild them)

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

Installation of ATK

Install atk by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libatk-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/atk-1.0, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/atk

Short Descriptions

libatk-1.0.so

contains functions that are used by assistive technologies to interact with the desktop applications.

Last updated on 2011-11-22 12:26:30 +0000