Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.4-818

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

Nautilus-49.2

Introduction to Nautilus

The Nautilus package contains the GNOME file manager.

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Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Nautilus Dependencies

Required

gexiv2-0.14.6, gnome-autoar-0.4.5, gnome-desktop-44.4, libadwaita-1.8.2, libportal-0.9.1, libseccomp-2.6.0, and tinysparql-3.10.1

Recommended

desktop-file-utils-0.28, GLib-2.86.2 (with GObject Introspection), gst-plugins-base-1.26.9, and libcloudproviders-0.3.6

Optional (for generating documentation)

Gi-DocGen-2025.5

Recommended (Runtime)

adwaita-icon-theme-49.0 and Gvfs-1.58.0 (For hotplugging and device mounting to work)

Installation of Nautilus

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If you are upgrading from a previous version of this package, remove a conflicting file by running the following command as the root user: 

rm -fv /usr/lib/libnautilus-extension.so.4

Install Nautilus by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

ninja

If you have Gi-DocGen-2025.5 installed and you wish to generate and install the API documentation, issue the following commands: 

sed "/docdir =/s@\$@ / 'nautilus-49.2'@" -i ../meson.build &&
meson configure -D docs=true &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. The tests need to be run in a graphical environment. One test is known to fail if localsearch-3.10.1 is not installed. One test is also known to timeout if the user running the tests has a large home directory.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install
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If you installed the package to your system using a “DESTDIR” method, /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled was not updated/created. Create (or update) the file using the following command as the root user: 

glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

-D cloudproviders=false: Use this switch if you do not have libcloudproviders-0.3.6 installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: nautilus and nautilus-autorun-software
Installed Library: libnautilus-extension.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{include,lib,share}/nautilus and /usr/share/doc/nautilus-49.2 (optional)

Short Descriptions

nautilus

is the GNOME file manager

libnautilus-extension.so

supplies the functions needed by the file manager extensions