Re: [orca-list] Building orca from source on Ubuntu 14.0.4

[Andy Borka <sonfire11 gmail com>]

Ok, sudo apt-get build-dep orca results in 'selecting orca as source 
package. E: gnome-orca source package not found.'



On 05/25/2018 06:53 PM, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> For Ubuntu 18.04, you should probably do that:
> > sudo apt-get build-dep orca
>
> The orca package on recent Ubuntu is called orca. gnome-orca only 
> exists for compatibility reasons.
>
> Best regards,
> Alex.
>
> Le 26/05/2018 à 00:34, Andy Borka a écrit :
> > Ubuntu-Mate 18.04, orca 3.28.0_3. Step 1 fails with: You must put 
> > some URI in the packages.lst source file.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 05/25/2018 09:15 AM, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> > > Hello Christian,
> > >
> > > What is sure is Orca master doesn't work with Ubuntu 14.04, it 
> > > doesn't work with 16.04 also.
> > >
> > > What you could also do is:
> > > 0) You shouldn't upgrade Orca without being able to continue to use 
> > > your computer. If Orca is broken I wouldn't want you be in a bad 
> > > situation due you're relying only on Orca. I advise you to check on 
> > > a VM before to do it on your computer.
> > >
> > > 1) Install orca dependencies with:
> > > > sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-orca
> > >
> > > 2) Obtain the Orca source code
> > > > git clone git://git.gnome.org/orca
> > >
> > > 3) Move on the directory containing the sources
> > >
> > > 4) List available version on git
> > > > git tag
> > >
> > > 5) And then checkout the tag you want, for example:
> > > > git checkout ORCA_3_18_2
> > >
> > > 6) Compile and build
> > > > ./autogen.sh && make && sudo make install
> > >
> > > On Debian 8 "Jessie" released the 2015-04-26, we're able to update 
> > > until Orca 3.24.
> > >
> > > Let me know if I could help but keep in mind you could completely 
> > > break Orca if you try to update it on an old system.
> > >
> > > Also, you can download directly Orca 3.18 from Ubuntu 16.04: 
> > > https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/gnome-orca
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Alex.
> > >
> > > Le 24/05/2018 à 22:01, Christian Schoepplein a écrit :
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > due to stupid security policies of my employer I have to use Ubuntu
> > > > 14.0.4 on my laptop at work with an also very old version of gnome3 
> > > > :-(.
> > > > Because this very old workingenvironment I am thinking about to build
> > > > orca and all its dependences from source.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone tried this and do I have any chance that this will work?
> > > >
> > > > Are there any dependences to newer python versions or whatever that 
> > > > will
> > > > orca not let work on this old Ubuntu version?
> > > >
> > > > Ciao and thanks for any hint and help,
> > > >
> > > >    Schoepp
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> > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > GNOME Universal Access guide: 
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> >
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> > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > GNOME Universal Access guide: 
> > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org