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

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

Zenity-3.4.0

Introduction to Zenity

Zenity is a rewrite of gdialog, the GNOME port of dialog which allows you to display GTK+ dialog boxes from the command line and shell scripts.

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

Package Information

Zenity Dependencies

Required

gnome-doc-utils-0.20.10 and Gtk+-3.4.3

Recommended

libnotify-0.7.5 and Rarian-0.8.1

Optional

WebKitGTK+-1.8.1

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

Installation of Zenity

Install Zenity by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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 Programs: gdialog and zenity
Installed Directories: /usr/share/gnome/help/zenity and /usr/share/zenity

Short Descriptions

gdialog

is a Perl wrapper script which can be used with legacy scripts.

zenity

is a program that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return the user's input.

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