Re: Installation problems

[Stefan Mars <mars lysator liu se>]

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Miguel de Icaza wrote:

> 
> > The first thing I tried was 'cvs -z9 checkout gnome' according to the
> > instructions on the "getting started" www page. Basicly, running configure
> > in it made it complain that the sources were missing (which they were when
> > I looked for them).
> 
> Ok, you stopped reading too early on the web page.  A couple of
> letters after that it says that you have to pick up a module name.
> Yes, the wording should be fixed on the web page.
> 
> You need to install the imlib module, and the gnome-libs module at
> least.  Then you can go and pick up any of the other modules.

You stopped reading my email to early :)

I figured that part out, just felt I should mention it. The problem is
with gnome-guile that doesn't compile, and with slib that I can't figure
out how to install properly.

Most of the email I sent was just to present the view of someone who tried
to install Gnome for the first time.

-Stefan

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