Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.2

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

gnome-settings-daemon-42.2

Introduction to GNOME Settings Daemon

The GNOME Settings Daemon is responsible for setting various parameters of a GNOME Session and the applications that run under it.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.2 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Settings Daemon Dependencies

Required

alsa-lib-1.2.7.2, colord-1.4.6, Fontconfig-2.14.0, Gcr-3.41.1, GeoClue-2.6.0, geocode-glib-3.26.4, gnome-desktop-42.4, Little CMS-2.13.1, libcanberra-0.30, libgweather-4.0.0, libnotify-0.8.1, libwacom-2.4.0, PulseAudio-16.1, Systemd-251, and UPower-1.90.0

Recommended

ALSA-1.2.7, Cups-2.4.2, NetworkManager-1.38.4, nss-3.82, and Wayland-1.21.0

[Note]

Note

Recommended dependencies are not strictly required for this package to build and function, but you may not get expected results at runtime if you don't install them.

Optional

gnome-session-42.0, Mutter-42.4, dbusmock-0.28.4, umockdev-0.17.13, and Xvfb (for tests, from Xorg-Server-21.1.4 or Xwayland-22.1.3)

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-settings-daemon

Installation of GNOME Settings Daemon

Install GNOME Settings Daemon by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

To check the results, execute: ninja test. Note that you must have python-dbusmock installed in order for the tests to complete successfully. Some tests may fail depending on the init system in use.

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.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgsd.so
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/Xwayland-session.d, /usr/include/gnome-settings-daemon-42, /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-42, and /usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon