Re: That close to upgrading Gnome. =

[Matt Rose <mattrose folkwolf net>]

cd /home/temp/garnome/meta/gnome-desktop && make install

then sit back and watch the compiler do it's work for hours...


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On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, alex wrote:

> So close and yet so far.   I have garnome-0.18.3 in
> /home/temp/garnome/  and gnome in /home/temp/gnome/ and am
> trying to figure out the next step.   I have printed out
> garnome's README but my brain's semantics translator can't
> handle the task of understanding it enough so that I
> dare to take the next step.   I also read the information on
> the recommended websites in README but apparently I don't
> have the experience or education to get much from it. Maybe
> it's my age that gets in the way--84 and it's a big jump
> from Commodore64 Basic to Progeny/Debian.
>
>
> The following files are in garnome:
>
> ChangeLog*  README*     gar.conf.mk*   gar.mk *   gstreamer/
> Makefile*   category.mk*  gar.lib.mk*  gnome/     kde/
>
> There are 60 tar.gz.tar files in  gnome 2.0-2.0.3 and one
> gz file
>
> Some questions:
>
> Are garnome and gnome positioned in suitable directories
>    /home/temp/garnome    and /home/temp/gnome  ?
>
> Is it necessary to remove the existing gnome files before
> starting the installation of the new files?
>
> Can someone give me a clue or two as to what the next few
> steps should be to upgrade Gnome?  If you just list
> commands, I can fill in the explanations myself.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Alex
>
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