Re: Binary RPM packages for RedHat 7.3

[hallvor engen priv no (Hallvor Engen)]

On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 08:50:06AM +0200, Roland Schabenberger wrote:
> Hi.
>  
> I'm really confused and have to apologize for my small knowledge about
> different package formats that already might cover my needs.
>  
> I'm wondering if there are any binary packages of the Gnome2 release for
> RedHat 7.3 available for download. I already tried the standard source
> distribution, but it's more than horrible to build it on your own.

If your thinking of building gnome2 I would recommend Garnome (http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/garnome/). That is a build script that compiles everything for you in the right order (I used it myself on redhat 7.3 after I gave up compiling from source myself). This makes it easy to install it without interfering with your normal desktop, since you can install garnome in your home directory (or somewhere else you can write to). Its recommended to install it as your normal user and not as root.

If you really want rpms you can try gnomehide (ftp://people.redhat.com/hp/gnomehide/) or ximian snapshots (http://primates.ximian.com/~jacob/gnome-2-snapshots/)but these will afaik replace your old gnome.

Hallvor