Re: What linux distribution to use when building workrave?

Rob Caelers <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.misc.workrave.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

> Can you recommend a particular linux distribution and version that is 
> suitable for building Workrave on?

We (the developers) run debian and ubuntu. But any other distribution should 
work fine.

> I tried to build Workrave on Ubuntu 8.04.1 (2.6.24-19-generic) but I got 
> stuck very early.  When trying to run build-cross.sh I got the error 
> message "checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no)"

build-cross is for building the windows version using cross compilers on 
linux. You probably don't have the correct cross compilers installed. Try 
autogen.sh

> If there is a linux distribution that you know that the build scripts 
> work on without problems I would like to that distribution instead of 
> Ubuntu 8.04.1. I have a spare computer where I have my linux 
> installation and I will not use it for anything else than building Workrave.

How about apt-get install workrave?

Any distribution should work if the right packages are installed (autoconf. 
automake, gtk+ gtkmm, glib, ....)

Groetjes,
   Rob

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