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

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 15:24, Dan Hensley wrote:
> 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.

The autogen stuff is only if you're building from cvs.  See
developer.gnome.org on cvs information.  You need to setup and maintain
more tools to build from cvs though.

Otherwise it's just ./configure

Also, read the README file in the distribution, it includes building
instructions and some dependency information.