DConf-0.30.1 / DConf-Editor-3.30.2

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Utilities

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# DConf-0.30.1 / DConf-Editor-3.30.2

## Introduction to DConf

The DConf package contains a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to GSettings on platforms that don't already have configuration storage systems.

The DConf-Editor, as the name suggests, is a graphical editor for the DConf database. Installation is optional, because gsettings from GLib-2.58.3 provides similar functionality on the commandline.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/dconf/0.30/dconf-0.30.1.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/dconf/0.30/dconf-0.30.1.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: a959eef51c917b3c57cfbef1448a375e

- Download size: 104 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 6.8 MB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

### Additional Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/dconf-editor/3.30/dconf-editor-3.30.2.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/dconf-editor/3.30/dconf-editor-3.30.2.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 5db3d67478c198504167143e069ebab9

- Download size: 440 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 22 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU

### DConf Dependencies

#### Required

dbus-1.12.12, GLib-2.58.3, GTK+-3.24.5 (for the editor), and libxml2-2.9.9 (for the editor)

#### Recommended

libxslt-1.1.33 and Vala-0.42.5

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.29

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

## Installation of DConf

Install DConf by running the following commands:

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

    meson --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc -Dbash_completion=false .. &&
    ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

As the `root` user:

    ninja install &&
    cp gsettings/libdconfsettings.so /usr/lib/gio/modules/

Now, optionally install the editor:

    cd ..              &&
    tar -xf ../dconf-editor-3.30.2.tar.xz &&
    cd dconf-editor-3.30.2                &&

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

    meson --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc .. &&
    ninja

As the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Command Explanations

`-Denable-gtk-doc`: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

## Contents

Installed Programs: dconf and dconf-editor
Installed Libraries: libdconf.so, and libdconfsettings.so (GIO Module installed in `/usr/lib/gio/modules`)
Installed Directories: /usr/{include,share/gtk-doc/html}/dconf

### Short Descriptions

dconf | is a simple tool for manipulating the DConf database.
dconf-editor | is a graphical program for editing the DConf database.
`libdconf.so` | contains the DConf client API functions.

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