Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 10.1

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

gnome-settings-daemon-3.38.1

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-10.1 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Settings Daemon Dependencies

Required

colord-1.4.5, Fontconfig-2.13.1, Gcr-3.38.1, GeoClue-2.5.7, geocode-glib-3.26.2, gnome-desktop-3.38.4, Little CMS-2.12, libcanberra-0.30, libgweather-3.36.1, libnotify-0.7.9, librsvg-2.50.3, libwacom-1.8, PulseAudio-14.2, Systemd-247, UPower-0.99.11, and Xorg Wacom Driver-0.40.0

Recommended

ALSA-1.2.2, Cups-2.3.3, NetworkManager-1.30.0, NSS-3.61, and Wayland-1.19.0

[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

Mutter-3.38.3, dbusmock-0.22.0, and umockdev-0.15.4

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

Installation of GNOME Settings Daemon

First, remove older versions of the systemd units: 

rm -v /usr/lib/systemd/user/gsd-*

Install GNOME Settings Daemon by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr .. &&
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

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgsd.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0, /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0, and /usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon

Last updated on 2021-02-26 10:39:02 -0800