kdebase-3.4.0
Hi. I noticed kdebase-3.4.0 installs ksysguarddrc and xdg/ to /usr/etc.. so it looks like --sysconfdir=/etc is needed for this package. robert -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: openoffice fun
On April 13, 2005 11:42 am, Randy McMurchy wrote: .. > Thanks for the report Robert. What version of J2SDK? The versions in the book, j2sdk-1_4_2, except for j2sdk-1_4_2_08-linux-i586.bin (8 instead of 7). robert -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Book Reorganization
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A while back I did the GNOME install. I got through it by following the various required and some optional packages but in some cases you get multiple levels deep following required packages and forget where you started. And, sometimes your not sure if you installed something or not. Here's how I solve that when following the BLFS book...keep in mind this is only one solution out of many possibilities, but this works quite well for me. I'll use pseudo-examples for this. It's time for me to build libfoo 1.0, so from the BLFS table of contents, I click on the link to the page with the build instructions for libfoo. On this page, I note that libfoo depends on libbar, and libbaz. So, I click on the link to libbar from the libfoo page, taking me to the page for libbar, which I notice, depends on libblah as well, so I click on that link, install libblah. Once I've completed that, I use the convenient back-arrow on my browser, which takes me back to libbar - all deps are satisfied for that one, so I build it, and back-arrow again, bringing me back to libfoo. The "visited link" tracking in the browser tells me that libbar is already builtthis fact is nice if I'm building in multiple sessions, and can't leave the browser open for whatever reason. I see that libfoo still needs libbaz to satisfy it's deps, so I start the process all over again. So therefore, by drilling down the dependency tree, and using the browser "back" function, I can easily keep track of where I am in the process. Once I "back" all the way to the table of contents, it's time to build another package, and start the process all over again. Just one man's method of settling deps, and a kudos to the BLFS developers for setting things up this way (even if it wasn't intentional, it's still VERY useful). -J- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Book Reorganization
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Might also have somewhere statements that if you have installed > package ABC (GNOME), package XYZ has met all of its required packages. > > John Gnew > Except, that _optional_ packages are another matter entirely. I used to ignore sound packages because I didn't have the hardware. Now that I've got the hardware, there is a veritable cats-cradle of optional dependencies for gnome and kde - my first thought was to stick sound and video stuff in very early on (so I could play local files as soon as possible), until I found an optional (I think) dependency on X in one of the ogg dependencies. We don't seem to be a lot closer to listing what the optional dependencies will do. Some seem fairly obvious, others not. Also, some of the gnome applications will happily compile without certain packages, but if the packages aren't present at run time the features will be broken (e.g. 'help' or 'about' functions in e.g. gnumeric can require yelp and "epiphany"). Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: openoffice fun
Robert Connolly wrote these words on 04/13/05 10:32 CST: > Hi. I just wanted to let ya know I was successful using gcc-3.3.5 for > building > j2sdk and openoffice. Thanks for the report Robert. What version of J2SDK? Anything other than the new 1.5 (5.0) is what we have now. The new version compiles just fine with GCC-3.4.3, but I know that FOP for one, and I believe OpenOffice won't compile with the new JDK. I'm going to try to work out the FOP issues, as it may be some time before a new version is released. OpenOffice probably will contain fixes for the JDK-1.5 sometime soon. So, we could update BLFS to the new JDK and just put notes in the FOP and OpenOffice instructions that the 1.4.2 version of the JDK is required. I believe DJ is miles ahead of me on the JDK stuff, but I have been using the JDK-1.5 for some time now and haven't encountered any issues. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 10:37:00 up 11 days, 10:10, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.05, 0.01 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
openoffice fun
Hi. I just wanted to let ya know I was successful using gcc-3.3.5 for building j2sdk and openoffice. However the NAS package in openoffice failed, so I installed the standalone NAS version and used --with-system-nas.. that didn't work because the ./configure script in openoffice first tries to look for the NAS header in /usr/include, doesn't find it, and when it looks in /usr/X11R6/include it skips and fails because "no" is in cache.. So, I symlinked /usr/include/audio/ to /usr/X11R6/include/audio, and it worked after. Other than that everything worked. robert -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Book Reorganization
I would like to recommend leaving the book the same with the exception of moving a few of the items that have been mentioned on this list. The current grouping makes it easy to look for a certian topic to find software applications. What would be benificial is a checklist to follow to install XYZ package. A while back I did the GNOME install. I got through it by following the various required and some optional packages but in some cases you get multiple levels deep following required packages and forget where you started. And, sometimes your not sure if you installed something or not. I am not sure how this checklist could be organized. Maybe seperate sections for KDE, GNOME, SSH, server vs desktop, secure setup, etc... The checklist could have a box or a line to check in the left column that could be used if someone were to print the list. The text for each line item should have the link back to the package along with a short description. Might also have somewhere statements that if you have installed package ABC (GNOME), package XYZ has met all of its required packages. John Gnew -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
