Re: Building gnumeric and dependencies in a separate location.

[Eduardo de Barros Lima <eduardo lima indt org br>]

   About chroot environment, maybe the following link helps:

   http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24575

   Regards, Etrunko.

ext Adrian Custer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is indeed an issue. Fortunately there are several solutions. I
> think chroot is overkill for your needs since your situation is common.
> The developers often have several versions of gnumeric built and
> installed in different locations.
>
> GNOME has several build scripts available, notably jhbuild and garnome,
> which can be installed in their own directory tree (away from everything
> else). I don't remember the details but the explanation is in the README
> files or probably on the net.
>
> The GNUMERIC build system can handle this using the command-line
> argument --prefix=... to the autogen/configure scripts. For years I have
> built and installed gnumeric and whatever dependencies were required
> in /soft/CVS/TEST/ without having any impact on my system. Once built,
> to run that gnumeric I then had to adjust both the PATH and the
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH environmental variables to first look in that directory
> and then in the standard locations. This strategy is:
>  1) build with --prefix=/the/alternate/path/
>  2) run with a script or command line to expand the PATH and LD_... 
> Note that if you have to build dependencies, then these environmental
> variables will have to be set during the build of any dependent library.
>
> Alternatively, GNOME has several build scripts available, notably
> jhbuild and garnome, which can be installed in their own directory tree
> (away from everything else). I don't remember the details but the
> explanation is in the README files or probably on the net. These will
> often require building from very far down in the stack (below gtk) which
> may or may not be what you want. However, you can build these and not
> affect your running system.
>
> Hopefully that will help you on your way. 
> --adrian
>
> On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 20:34 -0400, Prof J C Nash wrote:
>
> > I've seen a number of msgs on this list about compiling a verion, 
> > usually the latest, of Gnumeric. I've tried myself too.
> >
> > What I haven't found yet, and not only for Gnumeric, is a good how-to on
> > actually doing such compiling safely and cleanly without disrupting 
> > one's working environment. That is, I have 2 "main" working machines, 
> > one running Xandros 3.02, which gets Gnumeric 1.4.3 (sigh!) using 
> > apt-get, and Ubuntu Dapper, which get's (as far as I can tell) 1.59 (it 
> > may have just got to 1.61). But to really check tests, I need the latest 
> > release.
> >
> > The difficulties are that if one tries to install the "new" libraries, 
> > existing and needed applications can become unworkable. Some sort of 
> > safe sandbox (chroot environment) is likely needed. But some good, sane, 
> > advice would be helpful. I've had suggestions of putting up Gentoo, but 
> > I've played distro-roulette enough to now be very careful about making 
> > changes. I've also some critical, everyday things I must keep working.
> >
> > To ensure that I'm not just complaining, if someone sends me rough notes 
> > and I get things working, I'll be happy to edit and prepare the HowTo 
> > and to the extent my schedule allows maintain it. I use Linux, but I'm 
> > prepared to try to help out on other platforms with editing a HowTo or 
> > possibly running a WinXP boot that I do have available.
> >
> > JN  (nashjc _AT_ uottawa.ca for off-list communications)
>
>
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