Re: compiling gnome platform

[Jean Bréfort <jean brefort normalesup org>]

Le mardi 02 ao�05 �5:12 -0700, Joe Van Dyk a �it :
> On 8/2/05, Jean Br�rt <jean brefort normalesup org> wrote:
> > Le mardi 02 ao�05 �1:57 -0700, Joe Van Dyk a �it :
> > > 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?
> > 
> > $LD_LIBRARY_PATH and $PKG_CONFIG_PATH.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> So, if the new gnome libs were installed to /opt, and applications
> that used those libs were installed in /opt/bin, would every user who
> wanted to run the applications need to set $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include
> /opt before running those applications?  Or would the path to the libs
> be included in the executable?

AFAIK, the path is included in the executable.

> > 
> > > 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
> > > >
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> > Jean Br�rt <jean brefort normalesup org>
> > 
> > 
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