Gnome 2.2 and suse (8 and 8.2) spec files
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I am still hoping to get the mono debugger project running on my Suse 8.0 Pro setup. I also want to be able to use binaries where possible so I've been trying to get gnome 2.2 built as rpms from source. After getting past gtk+-2.0, and various other underlying packages, I finally ran into the fact that some (not sure how many yet) of the gnome tarballs don't have spec files. examples are libgnomeui and libgnomecanvas. So to help be decide if I really want to spend all the time building/adapting spec files for all of this: Will there be a binary update for gnome 2.2 with developement libraries for Suse 8? Is Gnome 2.2+ part of 8.2? That with the gcc updates will be worth the price IMHO finally, are there specfiles for gnome 2.2 I don't know about or particularly for suse I could get somewhere?
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Will there be a binary update for gnome 2.2 with developement libraries for Suse 8?
Almost certainly not...
Is Gnome 2.2+ part of 8.2? That with the gcc updates will be worth the price IMHO
Yes
finally, are there specfiles for gnome 2.2 I don't know about or particularly for suse I could get somewhere?
Why not build them yourself? All you really need to know is the prefix & sysconfdir (/opt/gnome2 and /etc/opt/gnome2) - all other options you set according to your specifications. And remember, you need fontconfig & Xft2 from fontconfig.org -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.1). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
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finally, are there specfiles for gnome 2.2 I don't know about or particularly for suse I could get somewhere?
Why not build them yourself? All you really need to know is the prefix & sysconfdir (/opt/gnome2 and /etc/opt/gnome2) - all other options you set according to your specifications.
download, edit, build, oops, edit build oops, edit build install repeat until toast, rest and repeat ;-) There is a lot of software to build to get a complete system and I have a slower computer. I started this to help get NAnt working under linux/mono and haven't touched it in a couple of weeks holding out for a nicer debugger. Ah well, it's that or wait another month. Maybe I'll give alien a try to save an edit cycle or two.
And remember, you need fontconfig & Xft2 from fontconfig.org
Yup, already built. Why can't people agree on freetype2/freetype > 2.0 ? In the few places I did find packages or spec files, the distibutions didn't agree on the name of the package. Thanks!
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James Ogley
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