gnome-session-2.2.1

Introduction to gnome-session

Download location (HTTP):       http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-session/2.2/gnome-session-2.2.1.tar.bz2
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-session/2.2/gnome-session-2.2.1.tar.bz2
Version used:                   2.2.1
Package size:                   709 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  6.6 MB
Estimated build time:           0.88 SBU

The gnome-session package contains the GNOME session manager.

gnome-session depends on:
libgnomeui-2.2.0.1

Installation of gnome-session

Install gnome-session by running the following commands:

export PATH=$PATH:$GNOME_PREFIX/sbin:/sbin && ./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX --localstatedir=/var/lib \ --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome && make && make install

Command explanations

--localstatedir=/var/lib : This switch puts scrollkeeper files in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome : This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc.

Contents

The gnome-session package contains gnome-session, session utilities and manager proxy.

Description