Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-1434

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

VTE-0.78.2

Introduction to VTE

The VTE package contains a virtual terminal widget for GTK applications.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.3 platform.

Package Information

VTE Dependencies

Required

GTK-3.24.48, libxml2-2.13.5, and pcre2-10.45

Recommended

ICU-76.1, GnuTLS-3.8.9, GLib-2.82.4 (with GObject Introspection), GTK-4.16.12, and Vala-0.56.17

Optional

Gi-DocGen-2024.1

Installation of VTE

Install VTE by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -D _systemd=false   &&
ninja

If you have Gi-DocGen-2024.1 installed and wish to build the API documentation for this package, issue: 

sed -e "/docdir =/s@\$@/ 'vte-0.78.2'@" \
    -i ../doc/reference/meson.build     &&
meson configure -D docs=true            &&
ninja

To test the results, issue ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install &&
rm -v /etc/profile.d/vte.*

Command Explanations

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

rm -v /etc/profile.d/vte.*: This command removes two files installed in /etc/profile.d that have no use on a LFS system.

-D gnutls=false: Add this switch if you do not want to enable GnuTLS support.

-D vapi=false: Add this switch if you do not want to enable vala bindings.

-D gtk4=false: Add this switch if you do not want to build the GTK-4 version of VTE.

Contents

Installed Program: vte-2.91 and vte-2.91-gtk4
Installed Library: libvte-2.91.so and libvte-2.91-gtk4.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/vte-2.91, /usr/include/vte-2.91-gtk4, and (optional) /usr/share/doc/vte-0.78.2

Short Descriptions

vte-2.91

is a test application for the VTE libraries

vte-2.91-gtk4

is a test application for the GTK-4 version of the VTE libraries

libvte-2.91.so

is a library which implements a terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 3

libvte-2.91-gtk4.so

is a library which implements a terminal emulator widget for GTK-4