Re: compiling gnome platform

[Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk gmail com>]

And if the best solution is to install them to, say, /opt or
something, what environment variables would I need to set to make
everything work correctly?  $LD_LIBRARY_PATH?  $LD_RUN_PATH?  Is this
stuff documented anywhere?

On 8/2/05, Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm writing an application that heavily uses gnomecanvas.  It needs to
> run on redhat 8, 9, and enterprise 3.0.
> 
> But the version of gnomecanvas/libart/others that ships with RH 9 and
> earlier has some pretty bad bugs that my application exposes.
> 
> So, what's the best way to install newer versions of the gnomecanvas
> (and possibly other) libraries that hopefully wouldn't conflict too
> much with the base install?  Just compile and install from source?
> Where should I install them to?
> 
> Thanks,
> Joe
>