Re: Um, hello;-}

[Patrick F Markiewicz <pfm2 andrew cmu edu>]

Hi,
	Yes it took me almost a month to compile gnome.  However, I never
got an error like yours.  The reason it took me so long is because, first
of all, the order on the gnome-faq is wrong.  I don't know why anyone
didn't change it, but it doesn't work.  Here is an order that does work:

xscreensaver

glib
gtk+
ORBit
imlib
gtk-engines
audiofile
esound
fnlib
freetype
gnome-audio
gnome-libs
libghttp
libgtop
libxml
enlightenment

gnome-core
gnome-games
gnome-linuxconf
gnome-objc
gnome-pim
gnome-users-guide
gnome-utils

mc
control-center
enlightenment-conf
desktop-backgrounds


*** the following are not necessary, but recommended by RHAD ***

GXedit
ee
gdm
gedit
gftp
gnorpm
gnotepad
gnumeric
gqview
xchat

Not all of those files are necessary, or at least you would think not all
of them were.  
It took me quite a while to find this order, but luckily a friend of mine
had it.  I didn't quite follow it because I didn't think it mattered.
You would think that the audio libraries or esd would not be necessary
because it is possible that someone might not even have a sound card.
  However I know from experience that gnome-control-center
does not compile if you do not have esd or audio file installed before you
install gnome-libs.  I don't know why, but it doesn't.
						Patrick
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Cliff Wollam wrote:

> Hello again everyone,
> 
> I submitted a question a few days ago regarding a problem I'm having
> with building gnome-libs-1.0.10.  Here is part of the message I sent:
> 
> I have been trying to build gnome-libs-1.0.10 forever now and here is my
> 
> most recent problem.  I am running the ./configure script and things are
> 
> going nicely except that it can't find file's for ESD and AUDIOFILE,
> then
> I get many many lines like the following:
> 
> creating ./config.status
> creating gnome-bug
> sed: file conftest.s2 line 50: Unterminated `s' command
> creating gnome-config
> sed: file conftest.s2 line 50: Unterminated `s' command
> 
> but the script continues and runs to completion.
> make then doesn't find any targets, I'm assuming because every Makefile
> has 0 size.
> 
> I could really use some help on this one as I don't have the first clue
> what I would put in my own sed file to pass to configure, nor would I
> know
> how to go about editing a file that gets created by the configure
> script.
> 
> 
> I got one response in regards to the esd and audiofile (Thank you Kevin)
> but a grand total of 0 concerning the main problem I'm having, the sed
> failure.  I refuse
> to believe that nobody out there know's what the configure script that
> comes with the gnome-libs sources does.  After all someone had to throw
> it together in order for it to be included.
> So please if anyone out there is even so much as looking into what the
> problem could be, let me know.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Cliff
> 
> PS:  Has anyone else out there taken over a month just trying to get
> gnome running?
> 
> 
> 
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