Gedit-3.22.1

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

### Chapter 6. Editors

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# Gedit-3.22.1

## Introduction to Gedit

The Gedit package contains a lightweight UTF-8 text editor for the GNOME Desktop.

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/gedit/3.22/gedit-3.22.1.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gedit/3.22/gedit-3.22.1.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: b3ee39faa2f905c83cb158a9b4d3fb44

- Download size: 2.8 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 71 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.8 SBU

### Gedit Dependencies

#### Required

gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.28.1, gtksourceview-3.24.9, itstool-2.0.5, and libpeas-1.22.0

#### Recommended

Gvfs-1.38.1 (runtime), ISO Codes-4.1, libsoup-2.64.2, and PyGObject-3.30.4 (Python 3 module)

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.29, Vala-0.42.5, gspell, and zeitgeist

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

## Installation of Gedit

Install Gedit by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-spell &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

`--disable-spell`: Use this switch to disable spell-checking capability. It is required if gspell is not installed.

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

## Contents

Installed Program: gedit and gnome-text-editor (symlink to gedit)
Installed Libraries: libgedit.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gedit-3.14 and /usr/{lib,libexec,share,share/gtk-doc/html,share/help/*}/gedit

### Short Descriptions

gedit | is a lightweight text editor integrated with the GNOME Desktop.

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