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

Chapter 31. GNOME Additional Packages

Orca-3.4.2

Introduction to Orca

Orca enables users with limited or no vision to use the GNOME Desktop and applications effectively. It provides a number of features, including magnification, focus tracking, braille output, automatic screen reading and more.

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

Package Information

Orca Dependencies

Required

at-spi2-core-2.4.2, D-Bus Python Bindings-1.0.0, gnome-doc-utils-0.20.10, Gtk+-3.4.3, PyGObject-3.2.2 and PyXDG-0.19

Recommended

Rarian-0.8.1

Optional

BRLTTY (required for braille output, must have Pyrex installed first), liblouis (required for contracted braille) and speech dispatcher (required for speech synthesis)

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

Installation of Orca

Install Orca by running the following commands: 

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-scrollkeeper: Use this parameter if you have installed Rarian but wish to disable the updates to the Scrollkeeper database.

Contents

Installed Program: orca
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/orca, /usr/share/gnome/help/orca and /usr/share/orca

Short Descriptions

orca

is a GUI menu interface used to access and configure the various functionality parameters provided for users with limited vision.

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