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

Chapter 31. GNOME Additional Packages

Gedit-3.4.1

Introduction to Gedit

The Gedit package contains a lightweight UTF-8 text editor for the GNOME Desktop.

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

Package Information

Gedit Dependencies

Required

gnome-doc-utils-0.20.10, gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.4.2, gtksourceview-3.4.2, libpeas-1.4.0 and yelp-xsl-3.4.2

Recommended

enchant-1.6.0 and ISO Codes-3.30 (to provide Spell-Checking Capability), libsoup-2.38.1 and PyGObject-3.2.2

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.32.1

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.18 and libzeitgeist

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

Installation of Gedit

Install Gedit by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--libexecdir=/usr/lib: This parameter ensures the bugreport script is installed to the same directory as the plugins.

--disable-spell: Use this parameter to disables spell-checking capability and is required if Enchant is not installed.

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

Contents

Installed Program: gedit
Installed Library: libgedit-private.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gedit-3.0, /usr/lib/gedit, /usr/share/gedit, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gedit and /usr/share/help/*/gedit

Short Descriptions

gedit

is a lightweight text editor integrated with the GNOME Desktop.

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