Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 11.1

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

gnome-shell-41.4

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-11.1 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Shell Dependencies

Required

evolution-data-server-3.42.4, Gjs-1.70.1, gnome-autoar-0.4.3, gnome-control-center-41.4, GTK-4.6.1, Mutter-41.4, sassc-3.6.2, startup-notification-0.12, and elogind-246.10

Recommended

asciidoc-10.1.1, desktop-file-utils-0.26, gnome-bluetooth-3.34.5, gst-plugins-base-1.20.0, and NetworkManager-1.34.0

Recommended (Runtime)

blocaled-0.4

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2 and bash-completion

Runtime Dependencies

adwaita-icon-theme-41.0, DConf-0.40.0, GDM-41.3, gnome-backgrounds-41.0, gnome-menus-3.36.0, and telepathy-mission-control-5.16.6

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

Installation of GNOME Shell

First, fix a bug in the meson build process exposed by recent versions of meson: 

sed -i '/i18n.merge_file/s/(.*/(/' $(find -name meson.build)

Install GNOME Shell by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr       \
      --buildtype=release \
      -Dsystemd=false     \
      -Dtests=false       \
      .. &&
ninja

To test the results, you need to remove the -Dtests=false switch, and to have Mutter-41.4 compiled with tests too. Issue: ninja test. You must be running an X session to run the tests. Some will fail if GDM-41.3 is not installed.

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.

patch ...: This patch fixes a bug when trying to start an xwayland application on non systemd.

-Dsystemd=false: Prevents installing systemd files, which are not needed in this version of BLFS.

-Dtests=false: Remove this switch if you want to build the tests. But then meson will fail if Mutter-41.4 tests are not installed.

-Dextensions=false: This option disables building the gnome-extensions CLI tool. Using this option removes the need for asciidoc-10.1.1.

Contents

Installed Programs: gnome-extensions, gnome-extensions-app, gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extension-prefs, gnome-shell-extension-tool, and gnome-shell-perf-tool
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gnome-shell, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{shell,st}, and /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/

Short Descriptions

gnome-shell

provides the core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 Desktop

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