The GNOME Terminal package contains the terminal emulator for GNOME Desktop.
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Download (HTTP): https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-terminal/-/archive/3.52.2/gnome-terminal-3.52.2.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: ba1805cdc363c92004d6df7962f20dfb
Download size: 2.8 MB
Estimated disk space required: 32 MB
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU
DConf-0.40.0, gnome-shell-46.4, gsettings-desktop-schemas-47.1, itstool-2.0.7, libhandy-1.8.3, pcre2-10.44, and VTE-0.76.4
First, fix some deprecated schema entries:
sed -i -r 's:"(/system):"/org/gnome\1:g' src/external.gschema.xml
Install GNOME Terminal 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
To run GNOME Terminal, the
environment variable LANG
must be set
to a UTF-8 locale prior to
starting the graphical environment.
--buildtype=release
:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-D search_provider=false
: This switch
disables the “search
gnome-shell”
provider. Use this option if you do not have gnome-shell installed.
-D nautilus_extension=false
: This
switch disables a dependency on the nautilus file manager. Use this option if you
do not have Nautilus installed.