Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.10

Chapter 37. LXDE Desktop

LXAppearance-0.6.2

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-7.10 platform.

Package Information

LXAppearance Dependencies

Required

GTK+-2.24.30

Recommended

dbus-glib-0.106

Optional

libxslt-1.1.29 with docbook-xml-4.5 and docbook-xsl-1.79.1 (to build man pages)

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

Installation of LXAppearance

Install LXAppearance by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --disable-static  \
            --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-0.106.

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

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

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.

Last updated on 2016-09-02 01:57:33 -0700