Re: [Evolution] Do instructions exist for building from source?

[Dan Hensley <dan_ml dshensley com>]

On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 12:32, John F. Koenig wrote:
> After lurking on the list for a few days and reading several archives...
> I sent my basic question to a list member, gunther; who was not amused
> that I e-mailed him directly...

That's understandable.

> So I will send my lame question to the list, as he suggested...
> Sorry for polluting the list with such a basic question. 
> I was trying to avoid this :)
>
> #
>
> Basically I am interested in building evolution from sources. 
>
> I downloaded the CVS sources for evolution however I could not find any
> instructions on what to do what that. Looks like some autoconf type
> things need to be done before the package is ready for a "./configure"

Typically you start with "sh autogen.sh", then do the standard
./configure.

> Is there a package in the form of evo.tar.gz which is distributed and
> ready to build?

Have you considered what may seem obvious in retrospect: 
ftp.ximian.com?

ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/source/evolution/

or try ftp.gnome.org.
ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/evolution/

Dan