Re: Problems compiling gnome 1.2

[Sean Murphy <murphy erim-int com>]

Ok, I'm trying to run the Helix installer and it keeps saying I don't have
enough space to complete the installation.  When I tried it the first time, I
had 130+ MB available, that install bombed claiming I needed to free up 75.8
MB and try again.  So I went about deleting some files, and now have 259 MB
free, but when I run the installer, I again get a message that I need to free
up 75.8 MB.

Anyone have any ideas what could be going on?

Also, do I need to run the "lynx -source
http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/go-gnome | sh" command evertime?  Or does
the installer put a file somewhere on my system that I can run from then on to
update packages?

Loban Rahman wrote:

> > 1) do I need to uninstall the October Gnome rpm's first, or will the
> > Helix installer see, recognize, and replace/update them?
>
> The Helix installer will recognize and replace/update your old RPM's.
>
> > 2) will the Helix installer update me to the Gnome 1.2 STABLE release,
> > or does it update to development versions of packages?  I want to run
> > stable software, not bleeding edge development versions on this
> > machine!  I noticed the go-gnome script says this is a preview release
> > of Helix GNOME, so that is what has me confused on the stable/devel
> > level.
>
> Helix Gnome consists almost entirely of stable packages. I say almost
> because sometimes they include an unstable package or two. Mind you, those
> "unstable" packages aren't CVS snapshots but quite stable development
> releases.
>
> > 3)  Is this the way that future Gnome releases are going to be done -
> > that Gnome's ftp site will only carry sources and that binary version
> > will come from Helix?
>
> Dunno about that. But I think what was done for 1.2 is a good plan.
>
>         = L
>
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