Re: GNOME2

On Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 07:43 PM, Robert Damm wrote:

> Hello Josh,
>
> I have successfully installed GNOME 1.4 without the slightest hiccup by
> using FINK. I'll go into GNOME 2 in a second - bear with me. Note that 
> with
> FINK if you have already installed X11 in some other way that there is a
> "dummy" X11 package so that fink doesn't tell you of the dependency 
> between
> GNOME libraries + X etc. Install the dummy X package if you have 
> downloaded
> X11 from somewhere else.

Yeah, I was able to get GNOME 1.4 without any problems from fink so for 
some reason, the panel's icons aren't showing up..  Such is life I 
guess...

>
> That aside, FINK installed GNOME + X both from binaries and from source
> without a hitch. Note that compiling from source takes longer. But if 
> you
> want frustrations such as I've experienced over the last month, try to
> compile KDE or GNOME2 on your iBook. I just won't happen easily. This 
> is due
> to library location problems, nonstandard compiler routines, etc. Some
> members of this mailing list have talked about using GNOME 2 but have 
> not
> yet shared how they got the darned thing installed! I've been fighting 
> with
> it for weeks now.
>
> I wish I could be of more help; but seriously prepare yourself for
> compilation hell - the UNIX underneath OSX is not the most standard in 
> the
> universe and will cause you trouble; especially if you don't understand 
> the
> cryptic 'make' errrors that gcc spits out. Feel free to send the errors 
> you
> get to the list and I will try to help you get through it, but I'm new 
> too
> :).


Yup, I'll give it a shout in the next couple of days.  I'm currently at 
a conference and while wireless bandwidth is provided, compiling time 
isn't..

thanks again!


josh