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

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

gnome-menus-3.4.2

Introduction to GNOME Menus

The GNOME Menus package contains an implementation of the draft “Desktop Menu Specification” from freedesktop.org (http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec). Also contained are the GNOME menu layout configuration files, .directory files and a menu related utility program.

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

Package Information

GNOME Menus Dependencies

Required

intltool-0.50.0 and pkg-config-0.26

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.32.1

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

Installation of GNOME Menus

Install GNOME Menus by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --disable-static &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Program: gmenu-simple-editor
Installed Library: libgnome-menu.so
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/menus, /usr/include/gnome-menus-3.0, /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor and /usr/share/gnome-menus

Short Descriptions

gmenu-simple-editor

is used to modify GNOME Menu layout.

libgnome-menu.so

contains functions required to support GNOME's implementation of the Desktop Menu Specification.

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