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

Chapter 37. LXDE Desktop

LXAppearance-0.6.3

Introduction to LXAppearance

The LXAppearance package contains a desktop-independent theme switcher for GTK+.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.1 platform.

Package Information

LXAppearance Dependencies

Required

GTK+-2.24.33

Recommended

dbus-glib-0.112

Optional

libxslt-1.1.35 with docbook-xml-4.5 and docbook-xsl-1.79.2 (to build man pages)

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/lxappearance

Installation of LXAppearance

Install LXAppearance by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --enable-dbus     &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-dbus: This switch enables DBus support in LXAppearance which is useful for communicating with LXSession. Remove it if you are not building LXDE or have not installed dbus-glib-0.112.

--enable-man: Use this switch if you have installed optional dependencies and wish to rebuild the manual pages.

Contents

Installed Program: lxappearance
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/include/lxappearance and /usr/share/lxappearance

Short Descriptions

lxappearance

is a program used to change GTK+ themes, icon themes, and fonts used by applications

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