On 3/15/07, Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > Gargnome sounds like a sound you do when sick. You was looking for GARNOME. > > 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 > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
