GNOME Utilities-2.2.3

Introduction to GNOME Utilities

The GNOME Utilities package contains a collection of small applications designed to make your life a little easier.

Package information

GNOME Utilities dependencies

Installation of GNOME Utilities

Install GNOME Utilities by running the following commands:

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

Command explanations

--libexecdir=$GNOME_PREFIX/sbin: This switch puts libexec files in $GNOME_PREFIX/sbin instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/libexec.

--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.

--with-pam-prefix=/etc/pam.d: This switch puts PAM files in /etc/pam.d instead of /etc/gnome.

Contents

The GNOME Utilities package contains gnome-system-log, gnome-character-map, gnome-calculator, gnome-search-tool, gnome-dictionary, archive-generator, gfloppy and gdialog.

Description

gnome-system-log

gnome-system-log allows you to monitor and view system log files.

gnome-character-map

gnome-character-map allows you to select characters from a table and insert them into your applications.

gnome-calculator

gnome-calculator is a simple mathematical and scientific calculator that includes arithmetic, trigonometric and logarithmic functions.

gnome-search-tool

gnome-search-tool allows you to search for files on your system using simple and advanced search options.

gnome-dictionary

gnome-dictionary allows you to look up definitions and spelling of words.

archive-generator

archive-generator creates archives from collections of files and directories using gzip compressed archive files.

gfloppy

gfloppy formats floppy disks under Linux.

gdialog

gdialog displays dialog boxes from shell scripts.