Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 10:35:06 -0400 (EDT) From: VEGA <vega@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNOME-related ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810201030280.22481-100000@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981020102235.00a36b20@206.25.93.69>
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On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > Is it me, or is there generally a problem with the gnome ports. Specifically > gnomecore, etc. I've had a devil of a time getting them to compile (from > the ports, that is). > it *is* possible to get the ports to work, it just takes a LOT of jury-rigging with libraries etc. you can blame this on the gnome developers who think that GNU/linux is the only operating system in existance (remind you of someone else? *cough*micro$oft*cough*) once they figure THAT out it shouldnt be such a big pain in the ass to get gnome working with that said.. to get the ports to compile for me i had to reinstall gtk+1.1.2 (after getting rid of ALL previous gtk+ installations) and glib-1.1.3 as well. then i did a make install on the gnomecore port (dont install gnomelibs first, let the gnomecore port take care of that.) everytime i installed gnomelibs first gnomecore wouldnt work. hope that answers some of your questions at least... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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