I'm using Slackware 10.0 and I want to try the new version (2.8) of
Gnome. I went to there site there there really isn't any documentation
on compiling and installing a new version of gnome.

Anyone ever been through something like this before? Can you give me
some tips or point me in the right direction?

TIA,

--chuck

> I'm using Slackware 10.0 and I want to try the new version (2.8) of
> Gnome. I went to there site there there really isn't any documentation
> on compiling and installing a new version of gnome.
>
> Anyone ever been through something like this before? Can you give me
> some tips or point me in the right direction?

Maybe you can try Garnome, http://cipherfunk.org/garnome/.

I haven't tried it though, so no IMPLIED WARRANTY on this hint


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0 and 1. Now what could be so hard about that?

On 2004-09-16, chuck44 <chuck44@newsguy.com> espoused the following:
> I'm using Slackware 10.0 and I want to try the new version (2.8) of
> Gnome. I went to there site there there really isn't any documentation
> on compiling and installing a new version of gnome.
>
> Anyone ever been through something like this before? Can you give me
> some tips or point me in the right direction?
>
> TIA,
>
> --chuck

I would wait until Pat has them in current.

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In alt.os.linux.slackware, chuck44 dared to utter,
> I'm using Slackware 10.0 and I want to try the new version (2.8) of
> Gnome. I went to there site there there really isn't any documentation
> on compiling and installing a new version of gnome.

Don't suppose you tried googling huh? A simple search for "compiling
gnome" without the quotes turns up this on the very first page of
responses.

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Compiling_GNOME_2.6
http://library.n0i.net/linux-unix/ap.../faq/c369.html

> Anyone ever been through something like this before? Can you give me
> some tips or point me in the right direction?

$MIRROR/slackware-10.0/source/gnome/*/*.Slackbuild

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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:01:36 +0000, chuck44 wrote:

> I'm using Slackware 10.0 and I want to try the new version (2.8) of Gnome.
> I went to there site there there really isn't any documentation on
> compiling and installing a new version of gnome.

Take a look here:

http://www.gnome.org/start/2.8/notes...tallation.html

Chris Maaskant.

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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:05:01 -0500, +Alan Hicks+ wrote:

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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, chuck44 dared to utter,
>> I'm using Slackware 10.0 and I want to try the new version (2.8) of
>> Gnome. I went to there site there there really isn't any documentation
>> on compiling and installing a new version of gnome.
>
> Don't suppose you tried googling huh? A simple search for "compiling
> gnome" without the quotes turns up this on the very first page of
> responses.
>
> http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Compiling_GNOME_2.6
> http://library.n0i.net/linux-unix/ap.../faq/c369.html
>

Don't suppose you tried to read what the OP said huh? It's Gnome 2.8, not
2.6. How do you know that the building process is exactly the same on both?

Why is it that so many people chastise others for not doing a Google
search on something, when in fact they don't know anything much about the
subject themselves? Maybe that makes them feel knowledgeable and important?

If the best that you can contribute is to chastise and provide a couple
of trivial Google links, why don't you just keep quiet?

+Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.netWORK> wrote in message news:<414a383d$1_4@newsfeed.slurp.net>...
> In alt.os.linux.slackware, chuck44 dared to utter,
> > I'm using Slackware 10.0 and I want to try the new version (2.8) of
> > Gnome. I went to there site there there really isn't any documentation
> > on compiling and installing a new version of gnome.
>
> Don't suppose you tried googling huh? A simple search for "compiling
> gnome" without the quotes turns up this on the very first page of
> responses.
>
> http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Compiling_GNOME_2.6
> http://library.n0i.net/linux-unix/ap.../faq/c369.html
>
Sorry, Googling won't uncover any info specific about building Gnome
2.8 and Slack 10. (But, you were more interested in prancing about
than helping out, right?)

The first problem is that some of Gnome 2.8's new features depend on
the hal and dbus libaries. Those aren't in Slackware or very many
other distributions, frankly. In turn, they're dependent on a 2.6
kernel.

So, before you can even begin to think about building Gnome 2.8 from
source on Slackware, you need to build and install a new kernel,
build, install and configure dbus and hal, and then start chasing down
all the many missing dependencies that will show up once you start
actually compiling Gnome.

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> Don't suppose you tried to read what the OP said huh? It's Gnome 2.8, not
> 2.6. How do you know that the building process is exactly the same on both?

I don't, but that will give him a starting place won't it?

> If the best that you can contribute is to chastise and provide a couple
> of trivial Google links, why don't you just keep quiet?

If the best you can do is just chastise that gives you what, half the
reason I had to post? Pot. Kettle. Black. Plonk.

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>> Don't suppose you tried to read what the OP said huh? It's Gnome 2.8, not
>> 2.6. How do you know that the building process is exactly the same on both?
>
> I don't, but that will give him a starting place won't it?
>
>> If the best that you can contribute is to chastise and provide a couple
>> of trivial Google links, why don't you just keep quiet?
>
> If the best you can do is just chastise that gives you what, half the
> reason I had to post? Pot. Kettle. Black. Plonk.
>
> - --
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> Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
> Ecclesiastes 7:5
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+Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.network> wrote:
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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Jack D. Ripper dared to utter,
>> Don't suppose you tried to read what the OP said huh? It's Gnome 2.8, not
>> 2.6. How do you know that the building process is exactly the same on both?
>
> I don't, but that will give him a starting place won't it?
>
>> If the best that you can contribute is to chastise and provide a couple
>> of trivial Google links, why don't you just keep quiet?
>
> If the best you can do is just chastise that gives you what, half the
> reason I had to post? Pot. Kettle. Black. Plonk.
>
> - --
> It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
> Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
> Ecclesiastes 7:5
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