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-2.86.2 provides similar functionality on the commandline.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/dconf/0.49/dconf-0.49.0.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 1a3ff8a464a4d9ebbaf112005bfed95a
Download size: 124 KB
Estimated disk space required: 9.7 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (with tests)
Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/dconf-editor/49/dconf-editor-49.0.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: a1fa0f26ceffdcdb84d16c1b079a65a7
Download size: 640 KB
Estimated disk space required: 23 MB
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU
dbus-1.16.2, GLib-2.86.2, GTK-3.24.51 (for the editor), libhandy-1.8.3 (for the editor), and libxml2-2.15.1 (for the editor)
libxslt-1.1.45 and Vala-0.56.18
Install DConf by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D bash_completion=false \
.. &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: dbus-run-session ninja test
As the root user:
ninja install
Now, optionally install the editor:
cd .. && tar -xf ../dconf-editor-49.0.tar.xz && cd dconf-editor-49.0 && mkdir build && cd build && meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. && ninja
As the root user:
ninja install
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-D gtk_doc=true: Use this parameter if
GTK-Doc is installed and you wish
to rebuild and install the API documentation.
/usr/lib/gio/modules)