@John Denker ... :-) :-) :-)
took some time, but got it to work,
find below a sort of 'log', not accurate!, of my path through the 'not's' and 'other's' ... most will result from a 'newbie system' missing plenty of options / packets usually present on profi systems ...
was challenging and fun to work through ... again !thank you!,
b.
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1. scripts original in usr/src/gnome,
2. getlibs: already newest,
3. clone: git gitlab gnome org: Peermission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex, gssapi-with-mic).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
workaround: git clone https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf
goffice
gnumeric
and manual 'branching',
x1. was needed sometimes during first attempts: 'apt-get install gtk-doc-tools',
after confect?
5. goffice/autogen.logg: Please add the files
codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4
progtest.m4
from the /usr/share/aclocal directory to your autoconf macro directory
or directly to your aclocal.m4 file.
You will also need config.guess and config.sub, which you can get from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/.
omitted for the moment, what is the autoconf macro directory [COMMAND_EXIT_CODE="0"]
6. gnumeric/autogen.logg: Please add the files
codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4
progtest.m4
from the /usr/share/aclocal directory to your autoconf macro directory
or directly to your aclocal.m4 file.
You will also need config.guess and config.sub, which you can get from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/.
...
It looks like yelp support is not available.
...
Script done on 2021-07-02 07:29:08+02:00 [COMMAND_EXIT_CODE="1"]
omitted for the moment, what is the autoconf macro directory
gnumeric/configure.logg:
./configure: line 18004: syntax error near unexpected token `no-lc-dist'
./configure: line 18004: `YELP_HELP_INIT(no-lc-dist)'
[COMMAND_EXIT_CODE="2"]
omitted for the moment
7. apt-get install yelp: already newest,
8. copied requested *.m4 files found in a former install to goffice/m4 and gnumeric/m4
9. not copied requested config.* files as they already were in goffice and gnumeric,
10. apt-get install automake: already newest,
11. root@kali:/usr/src/gnome# ./WHENCE pull
./WHENCE: line 94: git-pull+: command not found
12. confect: furthermore pls. copy *.m4, It looks like no yelp,
13. copies yelp.m4 from former inst. into gnumeric.m4,
14. confect: ./configure: line 17991: syntax error near unexpected token `no-lc-dist'
./configure: line 17991: `YELP_HELP_INIT(no-lc-dist)'
15. apt-get install yelp-tools
16. autogen.logg still old and 'no yelp support',
17. configure.logg [EXIT="0"]
18. /WHENCE make works now,
19. ./GG: starts gnumeric,
20. ./SS: Usage: ... [OPTION...] INFILE [OUTFILE]
now i have something working ... will see ...
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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 01. Juli 2021 um 16:20 Uhr
Von: "John Denker via gnumeric-list" <gnumeric-list gnome org>
An: gnumeric-list gnome org
Betreff: Re: multiple / parallel installations of gnumeric on one system?
On 7/1/21 1:43 AM, b. via gnumeric-list asked:
> to be able to run two independent different installations in
> parallel. have one window open with 'old' and one with 'new' and
> switch between them as i need or like.
1) Yes, this is possible. I have it set up that way. Rationale:
-- This allows testing of new features, including comparing the
various versions.
-- Users not involved in testing see only the standard version and are
not bother by the testing.
-- Root privileges are not required for routine development work.
2) This requires a lot of steps, some of which are not obvious and not
documented anywhere AFAICT. I have a directory 'gnome' which contains
the following scripts, which automate (and implicitly document) the
steps that I found necessary:
https://www.av8n.com/gnumeric/WHENCE
https://www.av8n.com/gnumeric/confect
Some features (e.g. introspection) I have never gotten to work at all.
The WHENCE script has a usage message that gives a terse outline of
what's going on.
The confect script controls the configuration settings.
The development versions can be invoked via simple scripts that you
can put in your $PATH:
https://www.av8n.com/gnumeric/GG
https://www.av8n.com/gnumeric/SS
This comes with absolutely no guarantees, but it may give you a start
in the right direction.
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