#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r13.0-491

### Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

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# gnome-settings-daemon-50.1

## 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.

### Note

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

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-settings-daemon/50/gnome-settings-daemon-50.1.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 76c9f7b0a9ef25a3ade1afc77b32e04b

- Download size: 1.4 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 29 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (using parallelism=4, add 1.7 SBU for tests)

### GNOME Settings Daemon Dependencies

#### Required

alsa-lib-1.2.15.3, Fontconfig-2.17.1, Gcr-4.4.0.1, GeoClue-2.8.1, geocode-glib-3.26.4, gnome-desktop-44.5, libcanberra-0.30, libgweather-4.6.0, libnotify-0.8.8, libwacom-2.18.0, PulseAudio-17.0, and UPower-1.91.2

#### Recommended

colord-1.4.8, Cups-2.4.19, NetworkManager-1.56.0, ModemManager-1.24.2, nss-3.123.1, and Wayland-1.24.0

### 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

gnome-session-50.0, Mutter-50.1, dbusmock-0.38.1, umockdev-0.19.7, and Xvfb (for tests, from Xorg-Server-21.1.22 or Xwayland-24.1.11)

## Installation of GNOME Settings Daemon

Install GNOME Settings Daemon by running the following commands:

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

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

To check the results, execute: ninja test. Note that you must have python-dbusmock installed in order for the tests to complete successfully.

Now, as the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Command Explanations

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

## Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgsd.so
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/Xwayland-session.d, /usr/include/gnome-settings-daemon-48, /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-48, and /usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon

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