Re: GOK : I'd like to contribute.

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

David Bolter wrote:
> Michel,
>
> There is a lot of stuff to respond to here ;-)
>
> Let's tackle the updating to the latest version problem first (as you 
> suggest).
>
> Can you tell me/us which linux distribution you are using?

I'll answer this one myself.. you are using Fedora Core 1 right? (blush)

I'm not aware of specific issues with building GNOME on FC1, perhaps 
others could comment?

cheers,

David

> GNOME is notoriously difficult to build.  I generally don't recommend it 
> unless you are a linux whiz with GNU Tools experience.  Some folks get 
> lucky though.  Do you feel lucky? 
> http://www.gnome.org/start/2.6/notes/rninstallation.html
> (be sure to check 
> http://lists.gnome.org/archives/gnome-devel-list/2004-April/msg00005.html 
> first)
>
> If that doesn't work out... come back here.
>
> cheers,
>
> David
>
>
>
> > First, I really need to be able to build the latest Gok version.
> > But I get dependencies errors (I'm using FC1 Linux).
> >
> > I have two questions regarding this :
> >
> > 1) What is the best way to upgrade my packages and install the required
> > libs ? (I've try to go through RPMs, but I get more and more
> > dependecies to solve and it's quickly becoming a nightmare...)
> >
> > 2) Perhaps with 'yum' but to which repository to point ? / Or you could
> > send me the files ?
> >
> >
> > Last lines of output of the ./configure script :
> >
> > (...) (everythink OK until:)
> > checking for     libgnomeui-2.0 >= 2.0.0     cspi-1.0 >= 1.3.4        
> > libspi-1.0
> >
> > > = 1.3.4      libbonobo-2.0 >= 2.0.0      atk >= 1.3.0                
> > > gtk+-2.0
> > > = 2.3.1           gail                        libwnck-1.0             
> >
> >
> > esound...
> > Package cspi-1.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
> >
> > Perhaps you should add the directory containing `cspi-1.0.pc'
> > to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
> >
> > No package 'cspi-1.0' found
> >
> > configure: error: Library requirements (    libgnomeui-2.0 >= 2.0.0 
> > cspi-1.0 >= 1.3.4        libspi-1.0 >= 1.3.4      libbonobo-2.0 >= 
> > 2.0.0  atk >= 1.3.0                gtk+-2.0 >= 2.3.1           
> > gail                       libwnck-1.0                 esound) not 
> > met; consider adjusting the
> > PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a
> > nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.
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