Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.0

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

DConf-0.40.0 / DConf-Editor-43.0

Introduction to DConf

The DConf package contains a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to GSettings on platforms that don't already have configuration storage systems.

The DConf-Editor, as the name suggests, is a graphical editor for the DConf database. Installation is optional, because gsettings from GLib-2.76.4 provides similar functionality on the commandline.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.0 platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

DConf Dependencies

Required

dbus-1.14.8, GLib-2.76.4, GTK+-3.24.38 (for the editor), libhandy-1.8.2 (for the editor), and libxml2-2.10.4 (for the editor)

Recommended

libxslt-1.1.38 and Vala-0.56.11

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2 and bash-completion

Installation of DConf

First, prevent unnecessary systemd units from being installed: 

sed -i 's/install_dir: systemd_userunitdir,//' service/meson.build

Install DConf by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, issue: ninja test

As the root user: 

ninja install

Now, optionally install the editor: 

cd ..              &&
tar -xf ../dconf-editor-43.0.tar.xz &&
cd dconf-editor-43.0                &&

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

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.

-Dgtk_doc=true: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: dconf and dconf-editor
Installed Libraries: libdconf.so and libdconfsettings.so (GIO Module installed in /usr/lib/gio/modules)
Installed Directories: /usr/{include,share/gtk-doc/html}/dconf

Short Descriptions

dconf

is a simple tool for manipulating the DConf database

dconf-editor

is a graphical program for editing the DConf database

libdconf.so

contains the DConf client API functions