Re: Debian users having grief compiling CVS? - Read This

["Mary K. Honeycutt" <mkhoney bellsouth net>]

Hi all,

Where did you find the tarball for lib-1.2d?  I've looked and haven't
been able to find it.

                              Jim Starr

Greg Schafer wrote:
> 
>         I've been compiling gnome on a Debian slink system fine for a
> couple of months now. All of a sudden, the autogen scripts are falling
> over in weird places.
> 
>         Debian comes with: autoconf 2.12, automake 1.3, libtool 1.2. After
> much experimentation, I did the following:
> 
> 1. Removed (purged) the prepackaged installed debs of:
>         autoconf 2.12
>         automake 1.3
>         libtool 1.2
>         gettext 0.10.35
> 
> 2. Dowloaded the source tarballs of:
>         autoconf 2.13   <- Note - newer version
>         automake 1.3b   <- ditto
>         libtool 1.2d    <- ditto
>         gettext 0.10.35
> 
> 3. Unpacked and installed the above packages in /usr/local
> 
> Note: All 4 packages must be installed in the same place (eg: /usr/local).
> If you leave gettext installed by Debian then have the other 3 installed
> in /usr/local, you will strike grief!
> 
> Note: Don't use the just released automake 1.4, you will also strike
> grief!
> 
>         Greg
> 
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