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

### Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

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# gnome-nettool-42.0

## Introduction to GNOME Nettool

The GNOME Nettool package is a network information tool which provides GUI interface for some of the most common command line network tools.

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### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-nettool/42/gnome-nettool-42.0.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: ba99489e9e3a1af03e9f2719acac7beb

- Download size: 413 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 12 MB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

### Additional Downloads

- Required patch: https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/svn/gnome-nettool-42.0-ping_and_netstat_fixes-1.patch

### GNOME Nettool Dependencies

#### Required

GTK-3.24.52, itstool-2.0.7, and libgtop-2.41.3

#### Runtime Dependencies

BIND Utilities-9.20.20, Nmap-7.99, Net-tools-2.10, Traceroute-2.1.6, and Whois-5.6.6

## Installation of GNOME Nettool

First, adapt GNOME Nettool to changes in the ping, ping6, and netstat utilities:

    patch -Np1 -i ../gnome-nettool-42.0-ping_and_netstat_fixes-1.patch

Then add a fix for newer versions of meson:

    sed -i '/merge_file/s/(.*/(/' data/meson.build

Install GNOME Nettool by running the following commands:

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Contents

Installed Program: gnome-nettool
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/gnome-nettool and /usr/share/help/*/gnome-nettool

### Short Descriptions

gnome-nettool | is a network information tool

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