Re: Upgrading to 2.4.1 from package manager version.

[Budge <ajebay errichel co uk>]

On 11/02/16 09:35, David King wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 2016-02-05 18:18, Budge <ajebay errichel co uk> wrote:
> > Hi, been away a while as I had problems with m4a and mp4 files but I
> > understand the issues have been fixed and would like to resume using
> > Easytag.
>
> It's been a while since I worked on the MP4 support actively, and as
> far as I know 2.2.6 should be as good as the 2.4 series in that
> regard, but please let me know with a bug report if you find a problem.
>
> > I am running openSUSE 13.2 64 bit with KDE desktop and have Easytag
> > version 2.2.6-8.3 from my repo site.  I have downloaded the latest
> > version but would appreciate some guidance on how to install.  Should I
> > uninstall package manager version then run installation using configure,
> > make, install etc?
> > Real beginner here so would appreciate some guidance please.
>
> It is probably easier to grab a more recent version from openSUSE in
> some way, or otherwise produce an updated package for yourself. I do
> not know much about how openSUSE works in terms of release and
> development branches, but I found:
>
> http://software.opensuse.org/package/easytag
>
> This suggests that you could grab 2.4.0 or 2.4.1 from Leap or
> Tumbleweed, respectively. I do not know if you have the required
> versions of GLib, GTK+ and the other dependencies installed.
>
> If you decide to build EasyTAG yourself, be aware that 2.4.0 and above
> using GSettings for storing user preferences, so you may need to set
> XDG_DATA_DIRS (there is a brief note about it in the README, but
> please ask if you need more guidance).
Hi David,
Many thanks.  The machine I have been using is running openSUSE 13.2 for
which repo offers 2.2.6-8.3 at present.   Will use this for now as I am
in process of moving to LEAP 42.1.  Will get back to you if I have
further questions.
Budge