Re: Gnome2 development on Debian

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Jonathan Taylor wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	Please excuse my ignorance in this matter. :)
> 
> 	I am thinking of trying to play around with some of the nautilus2
> code.  I am confused as to the best way to do this as I am running
> debian which usually manages /usr/ and such directories.  I am currently
> using the debian experimental gnome2 .debs but would like to compile
> from source so I can play around with the code.  I am confused as to
> where I would do this on a debian box without totally screwing the
> package management system?
> 
> 	I would assume if I were to play around with nautilus I should also
> compile gnome2 since they are pretty interrelated but I am not sure.
> 
> 	Any suggestions are certainly appreciated.

It is possible to install eel and nautilus in a separate prefix, but you 
probably have to remove the eel and nautilus packages. Some things that 
may not work perfect with different prefixes, but it shouldn't be that 
bad.

I normally build all my gnome from cvs into a different prefix, because it 
is good to have debug symbols for all libraries.

-- 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
 Alexander Larsson                                            Red Hat, Inc 
                   alexl redhat com    alla lysator liu se 
He's a scarfaced shark-wrestling cop looking for 'the Big One.' She's a 
wealthy out-of-work angel from beyond the grave. They fight crime!