Hi all, I'm updating the book to the most recent stable version of Gnumeric. The package documentation states that only minimal GNOME packages need to be installed (libgnomeprintui and its dependencies) to build a functional application.
There have been reports on this, and the -support, list that more GNOME packages (libgnomeui and dependencies) need to be installed so that Gnumeric will function properly. I cannot test this on my current test platform as I have a full GNOME environment. I will try to test this out on another machine when I get the time (it is an older, slower machine, and not much fun to build packages on). The package documentation is fairly convincing that Gnumeric will build with just the minimal GNOME packages, using a GTK+ front end to build the GUI with. If this is the case, the BLFS book should reflect this. Right now, the book lists libgnomeui (and friends) as a required dependency. This is a fairly heavy load of packages. If they are indeed not required, it would be a good thing to move this dependency to the optional side and modify the book to reflect any changes the instructions may need. Anybody with any information along these lines is encouraged to speak up and let us know what information you may have. -- 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] 00:08:00 up 54 days, 23:41, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
