Zirconium Linux From Scratch - Version r12.4-45-systemd

Chapter 12. Preparing Xorg and Support Libraries

Xdg-user-dirs-0.19

Introduction to Xdg-user-dirs

Xdg-user-dirs is a tool to help manage “well known” user directories like the desktop folder and the music folder. It also handles localization (i.e. translation) of the filenames.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.4 platform.

Package Information

Xdg-user-dirs Dependencies

Optional

docbook-xml-4.5, docbook-xsl-nons-1.79.2, and libxslt-1.1.43 (all three for building the man pages)

Installation of Xdg-user-dirs

Prepare xdg-user-dirs by running the following commands: 

meson setup build --prefix=/usr \
            --buildtype=release \
            -D docs=false

Now Build the package, issue: 

ninja -C build

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now Install the package, as the root user: 

ninja -C build install

Command Explanations

-D docs=false: Disable the installation of the man pages. Remove this switch if you've installed the optional dependencies and you wish to install the man pages of this package.

Configuring Xdg-user-dirs

Config Files

~/.config/user-dirs.dirs, /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf, and /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults. Those default locations can be overridden by XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_CONFIG_DIRS

Contents

Installed Programs: xdg-user-dir and xdg-user-dirs-update
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

xdg-user-dir

looks up the current path for one of the XDG user directories

xdg-user-dirs-update

creates localized versions of the user directories