Re: [gnome-love] compiling gnome-hello

[Eric Larson <elarson novell com>]

Hi, 

Just to make sure you don't miss it (b/c I did!), do:

 jhbuild bootstrap

before doing anything else with jhbuild. That installs all the basics to
compile GNOME. 

Eric



On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 23:57 +0200, Gunnar Magnússon wrote:
> Hi Joachim, I'm a gnome newbie just as you
>
> I don't know anything about that gnome-hello module but you can
> compile modules from gnome-cvs with jhbuild[1], including
> gnome-terminal.
>
> jhbuild is actually very easy too use, just check it out from cvs and
> read the README file.
>
> Good luck
>
> Gunnar Steinn Magnússon
>
> [1] http://www.jamesh.id.au/software/jhbuild/
>
> On 10/24/05, Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com> wrote:
> > Hi list.
> > Another newbie's rolled in ;)
> >
> > I'm trying to compile gnome-terminal... yes, this is
> > way beyond my capabilities, but there's a bug in it
> > that's bugging me ;)
> >
> > So I thought I'd try something simpler and I found the
> > gnome-hello module.
> >
> > I found this document which seems to go with it:
> > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/GGAD/ggad.html
> >
> > However it talks a lot about Gnome 1.0. Is it up to
> > date?
> >
> > I got a bit lost halfway down the 'Creating Your
> > Source Tree' page with all the talk of automake,
> > autoconf, etc.
> > Then this bit amused me: "A file called INSTALL that
> > explains how to compile and install the package."
> > gnome-hello doesn't have an INSTALL file ;)
> >
> > Not to be deterred, I tried running autogen.sh and got
> > a lot of errors, such as:
> >
> >   gnome-compiler-flags.m4 not found
> >   libtool.m4 not found
> >   glib-gettext.m4 not found
> >   intltool.m4 not found
> >   pkg.m4 not found
> >
> > Is there an idiot-proof guide to getting started that
> > I haven't found yet?
> > Failing that, do you need help writing one?
> >
> > Joachim
> >
> >
> >
> >
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