VTE-0.11.10

Introduction to VTE

The VTE package contains a termcap file implementation for terminal emulators.

Package information

VTE dependencies

Required

GTK+-2.4.1 and Python-2.3.3

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.2 (with DocBook SGML DTD-3.1 installed) and PyGTK

Installation of VTE

Install VTE by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-gtk-doc &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--libexecdir=/usr/sbin: This switch puts libexec files in /usr/sbin instead of /usr/libexec.

--disable-gtk-doc: This switch prevents the building of documentation.

Contents

The VTE package contains libvte libraries, vte and gnome-pty-helper

Description

vte libraries

libvte libraries provide the functions necessary to implement a "termcap file" for terminal emulators.

vte

vte is a test application for the vte libraries.