On date Wednesday 2007-03-14 15:05:48 -0400, Darcy Kahle wrote: > I have a WhiteBox Enterprise Linux 3 system with the original gnome > installed via rpm. (whitebox uses the redhat source rpms as it's base). As > Redhat's Enterprise Linux 3 is getting old, it is looking highly unlikely > that they (or anyone else) will produce rpms of the latest Gnome for that > system, and I would like to upgrade it. Therefore, it looks like I will be > building gnome from source, and I would like some help answering some > questions for that task: > > 1. What is the recommended method of upgrading an rpm based gnome > installation from the source tarballs? Uninstall the RPM package (and all the tons of dependencies), download the source, compile and install following diligently the dependency order. > 2. Do I need to upgrade XFree86 first? I don't think so, but I'm not an expert, so I can't say it for sure. > 3. Is there a howto somewhere that might help me with this task? I have > looked, but found nothing. > 4. Are there any potential sinkholes or problem areas that I need to keep my > eyes out for? Installing gnome from source is not at all a trivial process. If you can't install from binary packages, consider to upgrade the whole system. There was a system for installing from gnome called "Gargnome", but strangely enough, I couldn't find with a quick google search any link to its project page, and all the links in the Gnome forum were inactive. > I appreciate any help that you might provide me. Since I also have the kde > libraries installed, I will likely be upgrading kde from source as well, and > the info that I gleam from this would likely help me with that task as well. Again, I suggest you to consider to upgrade the system, since the process of compiling and installing gnome from source is not at all a trivial task, in the best case it's time consumming. HTH -- Stefano Sabatini Linux user number 337176 (see http://counter.li.org) _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
