Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-20

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

VTE-0.32.1

Introduction to VTE

The VTE package contains a termcap file implementation for terminal emulators.

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

Package Information

VTE Dependencies

Required

Gtk+-3.4.3 and intltool-0.50.0

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.32.1

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.18

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

Installation of VTE

Install VTE by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/vte \
            --enable-introspection \
            --disable-static &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--libexecdir=/usr/lib/vte: This parameter causes gnome-pty-helper to be installed in the preferred location of /usr/lib/vte instead of /usr/libexec.

--with-glX: This parameter can be passed to the configure script to enable additional drawing methods in the VTE library.

--enable-introspection: This option enables GObject Introspection bindings. Remove if you don't have gobject-introspection-1.32.1 installed.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

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

Contents

Installed Program: vte2_90
Installed Library: libvte2_90.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/vte-2.90, /usr/lib/vte and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/vte-2.90

Short Descriptions

vte2_90

is a test application for the VTE libraries.

libvte2_90.so

is a library which implements a terminal emulator widget for GTK+-3.

Last updated on 2012-05-16 16:39:28 +0000