Subject: Re: "Gnome configuration applet libraries"
From: John Nelson (john@computation.com)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2001 - 20:56:49 MST
I was never able to get the Ximian stuff to install properly or co-exist
with my Redhat systems. I'm just staying away from Gnome and Ximian
entirely.
-- John
Patrick Callahan wrote:
>On Sunday 09 December 2001 05:23, you wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>While trying to build some of the Ximian gnome stuff from source under
>>YDL v2.1 I get the following dependancy error while building gtkhtml:
>>
>> "You need Gnome configuration applet libraries 1.0.0 or later to build
>>gtkhtml."
>>
>>Trouble is it doesn't say what library this is. I thought it was GConf,
>>but after compiling and installing GConf v1.0.4 the error remains.
>>
>>Anyone have any clues?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Graham
>>
>
>I ran in to the same problem. I never was able to get the gnome build
>puzzled out. Its a bit arcane, and the naming of things is not exactly
>consistent with what I'm used to. I eventually gave up and installed from all
>the ximian ppc rpms by hand. This of course broke the YellowDog Installation
>and I had to re-install. I wonder if things would be better installing from
>the Ximian YellowDog CD.
>
>My problems are probably not the fault of the ximian rpms or the gnome
>sources per-se, but I have noticed intractable problems including the one you
>are having seem to crop up whenever I've tried installing from the ximian run
>time materials or whenever I try building anything in the core of gnome.
>>From reading the e-mail lists, it would seem we're not alone in having these
>particular problems.
>
>Its obvious that there's some order of operations needs to be followed but it
>isn't well enough documented for me to find easily. I found some material
>but its woefully out of date. Nothing in the search showed up on a gnome or
>ximian site that explains how to build the components. There is the
>vicious-build-scripts of course, but that takes a bit of cvs work.
>
>KDE has a nice page that tells you exactly how to build all its components by
>hand. Gnome needs this. If there's such a thing for gnome, its not anywhere
>I've been able to stumble into. It's probably hidden right in plain sight
>somewhere though. Until I find it, I've pretty much given up on gnome and am
>sticking with kde for most things. Maybe I'll give the
>vicious-build-scripts a try someday.
>
>In the meantime, the gnome library support in YDL for gnome works enough for
>Xchat and gftp, the two gnome based programs I use regularly and probably
>others. I got into trouble this time going after evolution 1.0. I guess
>Evolution may just have to wait for the next large meteor or comet to hit my
>system, or at least till the holidays are over.
>
>-Pat
>
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>
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