nautilus/HACKING
J Shane Culpepper 5aed501663 Removing the gnet dependancy. It is no longer used.
* HACKING:
        * components/services/install/command-line/Makefile.am:
        * components/services/install/lib/Makefile.am:
        * components/services/startup/lib/Makefile.am:
        * components/services/trilobite/sample/service/Makefile.am:
        * configure.in:
        * nautilus-installer/src/Makefile.am:

        Removing the gnet dependancy.  It is no longer used.
2000-06-15 20:36:40 +00:00

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0: Table of Contents
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0: Table of Contents
1: Intro
2: Module Listing
3: Distribution Specific Notes
4: m4 macro and aclocal issues
5: Issues When Running Nautilus
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1: Intro
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To build Nautilus without interfering with an existing Gnome install,
you will need to build several components from CVS into a separate
prefix.
For example, you could install these components into /usr/local/gnome2
or /usr/local/nautilus. Do do this, make sure to specify these with
the --prefix= option to autogen.sh or configure.
Specifically, you will need to:
* Install all the needed modules into your selected prefix.
NOTE: more documentation is in docs/
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2: Module Listing
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NOTE the development libraries in helix gnome 1.2, are not adequate,
you need the versions from CVS. (as of Wed Jun 14 13:48:35 PDT 2000,
you can use glib, gtk+, imlib, gtk-engine, gnome-xml, gnome-libs from
Helix Gnome ) also modern version of RedHat come with a new popt,
Nautilus currently requires the following modules from GNOME CVS
(built in the given order):
module branch configure options Distro
------ ------ ----------------- -------
popt: <need 1.5, but not from GNOME CVS, see below>RH6.2
glib: glib-1-2 H1.2
gtk+: gtk-1-2 H1.2
imlib: HEAD H1.2
gnome-xml: LIB_XML_1_X H1.2
ORBit: orbit-stable-0-5
gnome-libs: gnome-libs-1-0 --enable-prefer-db1 H1.2
gnome-http: HEAD
oaf: HEAD
gconf: HEAD
gdk-pixbuf: HEAD --enable-canvas-pixbuf
gnome-print: HEAD
bonobo: HEAD --enable-oaf=yes
control-center control-center-1-0
gnome-vfs: HEAD --enable-oaf=yes
gtkhtml: HEAD
eog: HEAD --enable-oaf=yes
xpdf: HEAD
medusa: HEAD
nautilus: HEAD
RH6.2 == Version from Red Hat 6.2 OK
H1.2 == Version from Helix Gnome 1.2 OK
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3: Distribution Specfic Notes
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Other libraries needed:
Here is what has been tested
You will also need the library package that is associated with each development package,
these versions are for RedHat 6.2 and Debian "potato":
library RedHat Debian Implied Version
-------------- ---------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------
audiofile audiofile-devel-0.1.9-3 libaudiofile-dev (0.1.9-0.1) 0.1.9
libc glibc-devel-2.1.3-15 libc6-dev (2.1.3-10) 2.1.3
libc++ egcs-c++-1.1.2-30 libstdc++2.10-dev (2.95.2-12) 2.9.0, 2.10
libjpeg libjpeg-devel-6b-10 libjpeg62-dev (6b-1.2) 6b 1.0-1.2
libpng libpng-devel-1.0.5-3 libpng2-dev (1.0.5-1) 1.0.5
libtiff libtiff-devel-3.5.4-5 libtiff3g-dev (3.5.4-5) 3.5.4
libungif libungif-devel-4.1.0-4 libungif3g-dev (3.0-3) 3.0 or 4.1.0
w3c-libwww w3c-libwww-devel-5.2.8-4 libw3c-libwww-dev (5.2.8-1) 5.2.8
Xlib XFree86-devel-3.3.6-20 xlib6g-dev (3.3.6-7) 3.3.6
zlib zlib-devel-1.1.3-6 zlib1g-dev (1.1.3-5) 1.1.3
Other modules for Red Hat users: either 6.1 or 6.2
- For most modules, the versions in Red Hat 6.1 or 6.2 will do (listed above).
- ORBit requires popt-1.5, which can be fetched from:
ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/mirrors/redhat/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/popt-1.5-0.45.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS/popt-1.5-0.48.i386.rpm
Other modules for Debian users: using potato, or possibly woody
- You'll need libwww, which can be found at:
ftp://ftp.internatif.org/pub/debian/UNOFFICIAL/libw3c-libwww5_5.2.8-1_i386.deb
ftp://ftp.internatif.org/pub/debian/UNOFFICIAL/libw3c-libwww-dev_5.2.8-1_i386.deb
If you need to get a copy of popt from source:
CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.rpm.org:/cvs/devel
The default passwd is a carriage return. You should do a cvs co popt
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4: m4 macro and aclocal issues
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m4 macros have issues. Trying to install multiple versions of them on you system can be very tricky.
While building these libraries you will place following m4 macros into "your prefix"/share/aclocal
directory. Note you will generally get errors with -I
glib.m4
gtk.m4
imlib.m4
libIDL.m4
ORBit.m4
libart.m4
gnet.m4
oaf.m4
gconf.m4
gdk-pixbuf.m4
One ugly but functional way to make this work is to symlink your system m4 files into your
First you need to make the directory where they will live.
mkdir -p "your prefix"/share/aclocal
Then you need to link all the m4 files from your system aclocal directory to the new one.
for file in `ls /usr/share/alocal/*m4`
do
ln -s $file "your prefix"/share/aclocal/
done
Then you want to remove the m4 file for any of the things you are building.
for link in glib.m4 gtk.m4 imlib.m4 libIDL.m4 ORBit.m4\
libart.m4 gnet.m4 oaf.m4 gconf.m4 gdk-pixbuf.m4
do
rm "your prefix"/$link
done
* Build and install nautilus into your selected prefix.
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5: Issues When Running Nautilus
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Also, you need to do a "killall oafd; killall gconfd" before
running Nautilus if OAF, GConf, or any of the .oafinfo files
in any module changed.
* All patches should go through nautilus-list@lists.eazel.com.