Re: compiling gnumeric etc.

[David Stanaway <david stanaway net>]

Hal Ashburner wrote:
> As Morten points out:
> > > It is not simple and there are more traps than you might
> On debian unstable
>
> make sure you have autotools-dev & gtk-doc-tools  installed
>
>
> %sudo apt-get build-dep gnumeric
>
> %cvs -d ':pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome' login
> (use enter as the password)
>
> %cvs co goffice
> %cd goffice
> %sh autogen prefix=/usr
> %make
> %sudo make install
>
> %cd ..
> %cvs co gnumeric
> %cd gnumeric
> %sh autogen prefix=/usr
> %make
> %sudo make install
>
> Got me a shiny new cvs gnumeric on a newly installed debian sid box
> today :-)

Cool.

You missed a step though:

Either:
%export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome

or on both cvs co commands, add in the -d option.
EG:
%cvs -d :pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome co gnumeric