Re: Evolution2.02 Gnome Requirements

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> Yeah, I know this is a gnome question, but I'm hoping that somebody here
> will be able to steer me in the correct direction.
> 
> I'm trying to compile 2.02 (currently running 1.4.6 and it's time to
> upgrade). My machine is running RH9 with XD2 and has been kept as up to
> date as possible with red-carpet.
> 
> I can compile a lot of 2.02 (libsoup, gal, gtkhtml, etc), but once I get
> to evolution itself it gets mad at my gnome installation.

As Mark already mentioned, Gnome 2.2 should be fine for Evolution 2.0.x
releases.

FWIW: Evolution is officially part of the Gnome Desktop since Gnome 2.8,
but it does not depend on this version.


> So I decided to try to install gnome 2.8 and am finding it a daunting
> process. The gnome site says "kids, don't try this at home, get it from
> your provider" (yeah, like that's going to happen for RH9). The
> installations instructions say:
> 
>   "Building from source is even more difficult than normal this time,
>    because GNOME 2.8 requires your existing applications to register
>    themselves in the new cross-desktop MIME-type system." 
> 
> I have no idea how that's going to impact the rest of my system (heck, I
> don't even know precisely what it means!).
> 
> So...here's the question: has anybody got a slick way to install gnome
> 2.8 on a RH9 box? I can't find rpms anywhere, red-carpet is no help,
> <whine> <snivel> ...oh, sorry 'bout that.

If you want to give Gnome 2.8 a try and build it, I would suggest using
Garnome [1]. You can build the entire Gnome 2.8 Desktop into a different
prefix (like /opt/gnome for example) and thus you can keep your existing
Gnome 2.2 (XD2) environment.


> Do I need to just ditch RH9? I can't make myself go to fedora so I guess
> Debian or SUSE are my other choices (and I really don't want to do a
> whole clean install just to upgrade evolution...).

Again, no need to. But we need the error messages to help you.

...guenther


[1]  http://cipherfunk.org/garnome/


-- 
char *t="\10pse\0r\0dtu\0.@ghno\x4e\xc8\x79\xf4\xab\x51\x8a\x10\xf4\xf4\xc4";
main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8? c<<=1:
(c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){ putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}}

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