Re: [gnome-love] Setting up a development environment

[Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com>]

Thanks for your interest in contributing to GNOME!

I only have time right now for a brief reply, but "developing without
messing up current installation" is the whole point of GNOME's jhbuild tool.

Here's a short tutorial on how to get started using it.
https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeLove/BuildGnome

Please don't hesitate to ask for help if you come across any issues.

-Hashem

On 11/04/2013 11:27 AM, Luiz Poleto wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to get started contributing with Gnome. First thing I wanna
> do is set up a development environment where I can play around without
> worrying about messing up with my current Gnome installation.
>
> So, I thought about having it installed in VirtualBox. Is it
> recommended? Are there any side effects on this approach?
> If the above is not the ideal scenario, what would be the best approach?
>
> Thanks,
> Luiz
>
>
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