Re: How is the gnome-common package used?

[Frater Reklaw <fraterreklaw yahoo com>]

Oh yeah, I forgot something.

Grep on support/Makefile and add src/Makefile

To generate the src/Makefile


---Frater Reklaw <fraterreklaw@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 
> I just figured this out last night. If you need more, I'll email my
> simple files went I get home.
> 
> do something like this
> 
> cp -R <gnomescr>gnome-common/* <yoursrc>
> 
> edit the ./autogen.sh change "Gnome Skeleton" to your project name.
> 
> edit configure.in (I don't remember off the top of my head want if
> anything I changed here)
> 
> I put my source in subdir called src.
> Edit Makefile.am . Add "src" or whatever to the SUBDIR var.
> 
> find a simple Makefile.am from a subdir in gnome-core or some other
> package (don't use the panel's or mc's to hard to understand. don't
> use a applet's). Copy it into "src" or whatever. Edit it a lot. look
> for something like PROGRAMS = <gsomething> and change it to your
> program. and look for <gsomething>_source(s) = 
> change the <gsomething> (the <> won't be there) to your program's name
> and put your sources in put.
> 
> try ./autogen.sh and debug from there.
> 
> Here are some docs to wade thourgh
> http://www.cygnus.com/~ian/configure/
> 
> Reklaw.
> 
> 
> 
> ---Grant Likely <likelyg@cadvision.com> wrote:
> >
> > Mark Galassi wrote:
> > 
> > >     Grant> Problem; I can find no documentation on how to set up
the
> > >     Grant> build environment (autogen.sh, etc.).  Can someone
please
> > >     Grant> either give me an overview of what I need to do, or
point
> > >     Grant> me in the direction of the documentation.
> > >
> > > It's hard to believe that you cannot find stuff.  There is a
> "compile
> > > FAQ" off of http://www.gnome.org/
> > 
> > Let me refine my request:
> > 
> > I am not having any problems geting the sources out of CVS and
> compiling
> > the packages.  GNOME is running beautifully on my system. 
However, I
> > want MY application to use the same build process as in the packages
> in
> > CVS (gnome-core, gnome-util, etc.).
> > 
> > Right now, I have a GNOME application that I wrote and I'm using a
> custom
> > Makefile to compile it.  This is fine for my own purposes, but no
> good if
> > I want other people to compile it on their own machines.  The
> compile faq
> > (at lest the one that I read) does not cover how to set up a build
> > environment for a new source tree, so any help that can be offered
> would
> > be appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > G.
> > 
> > 
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