The GNOME Desktop package contains GNOME's .desktop files, the gnome-about program, man pages and GNOME's core graphics files and icons.
Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-desktop/2.2/gnome-desktop-2.2.2.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-desktop/2.2/gnome-desktop-2.2.2.tar.bz2
Download size: 1 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 11.5 MB
Estimated build time: 0.19 SBU
Install GNOME Desktop by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome && make && make install |
--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc.
The GNOME Desktop package contains libgnome-desktop-2 libraries and gnome-about.
libgnome-desktop libraries contain API's being tested for inclusion in libgnome or libgnomeui.
gnome-about produces the about screen.