Re: [orca-list] updating Orca

["D. A. H." <dhunt freedommail co>]

Hi there!

A frequent contributor to this list posted instructions for building 
orca from sources on Ubuntu and derivatives.  I've done them in Trisquel 
7, and am now using the orca from Master, as of yesterday.  Instructions 
below; hope this helps.  FYI, the list is archived, for your searching 
pleasure.

Cheers,


Dave



<begin selection here>


sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-orca
sudo apt-get install gnome-common
sudo apt-get install yelp-tools
sudo apt-get install git-core


Now time to clone orca from its git repository.

Create a folder, do a cd to this new folder and execute the following 
command:
git clone git://git.gnome.org/orca

Time to install executing the following commands:
cd orca
./autogen.sh --prefix=foo
make

foo must be the name of the directory where orca will be installed.

And finally you must install orca executing the following command:
make install

If you do not have permitions  to write in the foo directory, you need 
to execute the make install command using sudo.
sudo make install

Now you need to start the new orca executing the following:
foo/bin/orca --replace

WARNING: do not install orca in the /usr directory. This will destroy 
the actual orca installation.


<end instructions>

On 09/15/2014 10:53 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Another thing to remember is a lot of times the repositories are out
> of date. Meaning the stable build available on the Ubuntu repository
> isn't necessarily the latest to begin with. If you truly want an up to
> date version of Orca you have to build from source.