Re: helix: gimp sys wide install not available

[Martin Brown <mjbjr beaudesign com>]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:

> GIMP is only installing config stuff, it does this for every user - it's not
> actually installing binaries or anything like that in each user's home
> directory, just default configuration stuff
> 
> Jeff

I considered this a possiblity, but it seemed like an awful lot.

Thank you for the confirmation.  I appreciate it.

> 
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, <mjbjr@beaudesign.com> wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:10:37 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: gnome-list@gnome.org
> > From: <mjbjr@beaudesign.com>
> > Subject: helix: gimp sys wide install not available
> > 
> > I used the latest helix package to upgrade/install gnome and sawfish.   
> > It went very smoothly, and I've been quite happy.
> > 
> > One thing though, when I click on 'gimp' in the 'graphics' menu, it wants
> > to do an install.  Which is OK by me.  The only thing is, it wants to
> > install it in the user's home directory, even if the user is 'root'.
> > 
> > There doesn't seem to be an option for a system wide install.
> > 
> > How do I do a system wide install?
> > 
> > Thank you for any suggestions.
> > 
> > Also, is there a helix mailing list for users?  At the helix web site, I
> > didn't see any links for one.
> > 
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