Re: Building gnumeric without updated my complete system

["J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <fsmla xinara org>]

On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 13:08:56 +0200, Uwe Steinmann wrote:
> I would like to build gnumeric from cvs, but since it requires gtk+2.4 and

> Is there anything else needed which is not in debian sid already?

Yes, there are some other dependencies. Everything you need is available in
sid + project/experimental though. Upgrading to the Gnome 2.6 packages in
project/experimental is reasonably painless (see
http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?GnomeTwoDotSixFAQ) and building can be done
quite well in a pbuilder environment.

> Does it work at all if I just install all the missing libs into
> /usr/local?

I guess so. Using the prebuilt packages in project/experimental might save
you quite a bit of hassle though.

HTH,
Ray
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