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

Chapter 12. System Utilities

Colord-0.1.19

Introduction to Colord

The Colord package is a system activated daemon that maps devices to color profiles. It is used by GNOME Color Manager for system integration and use when there are no users logged in.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.1 platform.

Package Information

Colord Dependencies

Required

D-BUS-1.4.20, lcms2-2.3, SQLite-3.7.11 and udev-Installed LFS Version

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.32.1 and polkit-0.105

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.18 and SANE-1.0.22

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

Installation of Colord

Install Colord by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/colord \
            --localstatedir=/var \
            --disable-static &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--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 Programs: cd-create-profile, cd-fix-profile, colord, colord-sane and colormgr
Installed Librariy: libcolord.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/colord-1, /usr/lib/colord, /usr/lib/colord-sensors, /usr/share/color, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/colord and /var/lib/colord

Short Descriptions

cd-create-profile

is a Color Manager Profile Creation Tool.

cd-fix-profile

is a tool used to fix metadata in ICC profiles.

colord

is the Color Daemon.

colormgr

is a text-mode program that allows you to interact with colord on the command line.

libcolord.so

contains the Colord API functions.

Last updated on 2012-05-24 02:48:38 +0000