Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r13.0-423

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

gnome-power-manager-50.0

Introduction to GNOME Power Manager

The GNOME Power Manager package contains a tool used to report on power management on the system.

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Package Information

GNOME Power Manager Dependencies

Required

GTK-3.24.52 and UPower-1.91.2

Optional

appstream-glib-0.8.3 and DocBook-utils-0.6.14

Installation of GNOME Power Manager

Install GNOME Power Manager by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

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: gnome-power-statistics
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

gnome-power-statistics

is used to visualize the power consumption of laptop hardware