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

### Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

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# DConf-0.38.0 / DConf-Editor-3.38.2

## 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-2.66.7 provides similar functionality on the commandline.

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

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/dconf/0.38/dconf-0.38.0.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/dconf/0.38/dconf-0.38.0.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 716cf730995cf133c2c443556a66a50c

- Download size: 116 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 7.0 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (with tests)

### Additional Downloads

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/dconf-editor/3.38/dconf-editor-3.38.2.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/dconf-editor/3.38/dconf-editor-3.38.2.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 1e03d07187ef2121d75fadd5f53dc1ef

- Download size: 580 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 37 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU

### DConf Dependencies

#### Required

dbus-1.12.20, GLib-2.66.7, GTK+-3.24.25 (for the editor), and libxml2-2.9.10 (for the editor)

#### Recommended

libxslt-1.1.34 and Vala-0.50.3

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2 and bash-completion

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

## Installation of DConf

Install DConf by running the following commands:

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

    meson --prefix=/usr -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-3.38.2.tar.xz &&
    cd dconf-editor-3.38.2                &&

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

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

As the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Command Explanations

`-Denable-gtk-doc`: 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

Last updated on 2021-02-21 11:05:24 -0800

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