GConf-2.6.1

Introduction to GConf

The GConf package contains a configuration database system.

Package information

GConf dependencies

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.2 and docbook-utils

Installation of GConf

Install GConf by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --disable-gtk-doc &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin: This switch puts libexec files in $GNOME_PREFIX/sbin instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/libexec.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. This installation controls all future installations of schemas, changes in location, including eliminating this command must be consistent.

--disable-gtk-doc: This switch prevents the rebuilding of the documentation during the make command.

Contents

The GConf package contains libgconf libraries.

Description

libgconf libraries

libgconf libraries provide the functions necessary to maintain the configuration database.