Re: [orca-list] Installing Orca from Source in Fedora

[Nimer Jaber <nimerjaber1 gmail com>]

Hello,

In my Fedora install, which orca reports Orca as being installed at /usr/local/bin. So I did try configuring Orca to install there. I also tried a separate install. But running Orca still brings up the error in Line 46 about there not being an Orca module. It's strange.

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 11:43 PM John Covici <covici ccs covici com> wrote:

Well what I always do when installing orca from source, is to make
sure I use the same directory where the previous version was -- for
instance if orca was always in /usr/bin then in the autogen line I use
--prefix=/usr and that generally works.  If you have problems doing it
that way, after you run the autogen, just do
./configure --prefix=/usr
and that should work fine -- assuming that your previous version of
orca was installed there.

On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 23:05:02 -0400,
Nimer Jaber via orca-list wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I don't know if there is something going on in Fedora, or with Orca from
> master. However, I'm struggling to get Orca installed from source, and I've
> seen a message about this a few days ago as well, but it didn't seem to get
> a response.
>
> First, I managed to get Fedora 36 installed, thanks to a helpful list
> member, by first booting from USB, creating a password for the liveuser
> account, logging out, and signing in with the Gnome on Xorg option. The
> installer started speaking after doing this, as otherwise, under wayland,
> it was inaccessible.
>
> My next step was to install Orca from source. I installed the yelp-tools
> package, installed git, and removed the existing Orca package. I then used
> DNF to get the dependencies for Orca, cloned into the git repo, and went
> through the orca install as I've been used to. ./autogen.sh > make > sudo
> make install. Orca installed without error. However, when attempting to
> start orca, I get an error about line 46, no Orca module found. So I
> install Orca from the package manager, and that seems to work, but Orca is
> then stuck at 42.1, rather than being the master version. Additionally, I
> tried installing Orca in a different location from the default location,
> and attempted running it from that location, but ran into the same line 46
> no Orca module error.
>
> * Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be going on here?
> * Has anyone found any solutions to the error that I, and seemingly another
> list member seems to be having? Could there be an issue with Orca from
> source?
>
> I should say that recently, I've been experiencing a similar issue with
> Orca not showing the correct version number in Debian, when also attempting
> an install from source.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Best,
>
> Nimer Jaber
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Best,

Nimer Jaber

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