Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r11.3-489

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

gnome-menus-3.36.0

Introduction to GNOME Menus

The GNOME Menus package contains an implementation of the draft Desktop Menu Specification from freedesktop.org. It also contains the GNOME menu layout configuration files and .directory files.

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Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the book.

Package Information

GNOME Menus Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.76.2

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.76.1

User Notes: https://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 Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgnome-menu-3.so
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/menus, /usr/include/gnome-menus-3.0, and /usr/share/desktop-directories

Short Descriptions

libgnome-menu-3.so

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