Introduction to GNOME Shell
The GNOME Shell is the core user
interface of the GNOME Desktop
environment.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2
platform.
Package Information
GNOME Shell Dependencies
Required
evolution-data-server-3.52.4,
Gcr-4.3.0,
Gjs-1.80.2,
gnome-desktop-44.1, ibus-1.5.30,
Mutter-46.4, Polkit-125,
sassc-3.6.2, and startup-notification-0.12
Recommended
desktop-file-utils-0.27, gnome-autoar-0.4.4, gnome-bluetooth-46.1, gst-plugins-base-1.24.7, NetworkManager-1.48.8, and power-profiles-daemon-0.21
Optional
GTK-Doc-1.34.0 and bash-completion
Required Runtime Dependencies
adwaita-icon-theme-46.2, DConf-0.40.0, elogind-255.5, GDM-46.2, gnome-backgrounds-46.0, gnome-control-center-46.4,
gnome-menus-3.36.0, and libgweather-4.4.2
Recommended Runtime Dependency
blocaled-0.6
Installation of GNOME Shell
Install GNOME Shell by running the
following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D systemd=false \
-D tests=false \
.. &&
ninja
To test the results, you need to remove the -D tests=false switch, and to have
Mutter-46.4 compiled and installed with tests
also. To run the tests, issue: ninja
test. You must be running an X session to run the
tests. Some will fail if GDM-46.2 is not installed. Several more tests may fail in the Sysv
environment. One test named CSS
styling support is known to fail with some multi-monitor
configurations.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
Command Explanations
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-D systemd=false: Prevents
installing systemd files, which are not needed in this version of
BLFS.
-D tests=false: Remove this
switch if you want to build the tests. However, meson will fail if the Mutter-46.4 tests
are not installed.
-D extensions_tool=false: This switch
allows building this package without gnome-autoar-0.4.4 installed.
Contents
Installed Programs:
gnome-extensions, gnome-extensions-app,
gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extension-prefs,
gnome-shell-extension-tool, and gnome-shell-test-tool
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
/usr/lib/gnome-shell,
/usr/share/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{shell,st}
(optional), and /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/
Short Descriptions
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gnome-shell
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provides the core user interface functions for the
GNOME Desktop
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