#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 10.1

### Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

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# gnome-settings-daemon-3.38.1

## Introduction to GNOME Settings Daemon

The GNOME Settings Daemon is responsible for setting various parameters of a GNOME Session and the applications that run under it.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-settings-daemon/3.38/gnome-settings-daemon-3.38.1.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-settings-daemon/3.38/gnome-settings-daemon-3.38.1.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: ac40a03be99379de432b822c0001904e

- Download size: 1.4 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 46 MB

- Estimated build time: 1.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4)

### GNOME Settings Daemon Dependencies

#### Required

colord-1.4.5, Fontconfig-2.13.1, Gcr-3.38.1, GeoClue-2.5.7, geocode-glib-3.26.2, gnome-desktop-3.38.4, Little CMS-2.12, libcanberra-0.30, libgweather-3.36.1, libnotify-0.7.9, librsvg-2.50.3, libwacom-1.8, PulseAudio-14.2, Systemd-247, UPower-0.99.11, and Xorg Wacom Driver-0.40.0

#### Recommended

ALSA-1.2.2, Cups-2.3.3, NetworkManager-1.30.0, NSS-3.61, and Wayland-1.19.0

### Note

Recommended dependencies are not strictly required for this package to build and function, but you may not get expected results at runtime if you don't install them.

#### Optional

Mutter-3.38.3, dbusmock-0.22.0, and umockdev-0.15.4

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-settings-daemon

## Installation of GNOME Settings Daemon

First, remove older versions of the systemd units:

    rm -v /usr/lib/systemd/user/gsd-*

Install GNOME Settings Daemon by running the following commands:

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

    meson --prefix=/usr .. &&
    ninja

To check the results, execute: ninja test. Note that you must have python-dbusmock installed in order for the tests to complete successfully. Some tests may fail depending on the init system in use.

Now, as the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgsd.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0, /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0, and /usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon

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