Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.1

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

network-manager-applet-1.8.2

Introduction to NetworkManager Applet

The NetworkManager Applet provides a tool and a panel applet used to configure wired and wireless network connections through GUI. It's designed for use with any desktop environment that uses GTK+ like Xfce and LXDE.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.1 platform.

Package Information

NetworkManager Applet Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.22.18, ISO Codes-3.75, libsecret-0.18.5, libnotify-0.7.7, and NetworkManager-1.8.2

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.52.1 and ModemManager-1.6.8

Required (Runtime)

polkit-gnome-0.105

Optional

GC-7.6.0 (for linker garbage collection), gnome-bluetooth-3.20.1, mobile-broadband-provider-info (runtime), and Jansson (for the team configuration editor)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/network-manager-applet

Installation of NetworkManager Applet

Install NetworkManager Applet by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr       \
            --sysconfdir=/etc   \
            --disable-static    \
            --without-selinux   \
            --without-team      &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--without-team: This switch disables the team configuration editor since it requires Jansson which is not currently in BLFS.

--without-selinux: This switch forcibly disables SELinux support since it is not currently in BLFS and the build will fail without it.

--without-wwan: This switch disables WWAN support. Use this if you do not have ModemManager-1.6.8 installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: nm-applet and nm-connection-editor
Installed Libraries: libnma.so and libnm-gtk.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/{libnma,libnm-gtk}

Short Descriptions

nm-connection-editor

allows users to view and edit network connection settings.

libnma.so

contains internal functions for the Network Manager GTK+ Interface.

libnm-gtk.so

contains the NetworkManager GTK+ bindings.

Last updated on 2017-08-30 15:02:32 -0700