Re: [orca-list] [compile latest orca was orca-list] caps lock bug 11.10

[Justin Harford <blindstein gmail com>]

I have to get it from orca ftp? it looks like they have a website. Should I get the current stable 3.0, or 
the development preview?
On 17-01-2012, at 21:40, Dave Hunt wrote:

> Those fdirections are for the orca master, similar to those for the orca stable sources.  The package 
> python-json is now included in python-jsonpickle.  Before building from sources, you also need to compile 
> something called pygobject.  Also, get this from orca ftp, as it is not up to date in Ubuntu archives.  
> Once your build environment is set up, build pygobject 3.0, then build orca.
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> I don't now why pygobject is not included in the build deps for orca, since it is needed.  I found out the 
> 'hard way', by getting errors in the configure script.
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> Dave
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> On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, Justin Harford wrote:
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> > Hi there
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> > So I think that means I have to follow these directions:
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> > sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-orca
> > sudo apt-get install git-core gnome-common automake1.9 python-json
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> > Now everything here works except the installation of python-json , for which it says that it is not 
> > available, but is referred to by another name, that the package is missing, obsolete, or only available 
> > from another source.
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> > I take it that I need to compile orca like this since the latest version that canonical is registering for 
> > me is something like 3.2.1.
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> > Regards
> > Justin
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> > On 17-01-2012, at 20:52, Dave Hunt wrote:
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> > > Just upgrade Orca to 3.3.3 or 3.3.4; I built from the stable sources.
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> > > On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, Justin Harford wrote:
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> > > > I have a feeling that people might know what I'm talking about. Could someone fill me in on what is 
> > > > happening with the bug in ubuntu 11.10 in which capslock activates capslock even when it is supposed to 
> > > > be acting as an orca modifier? Is there a hack to disable the capslock functionality while preserving it 
> > > > as the orca modifyer?
> > > >
> > > > Justin Harford
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