Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 04/17/05 16:29 CST: > I'm trying to install libgnomeprint-2.8.0.1. As a prereq for gnumeric. > I have not installed gnome. The instructions say: > > ./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \ > --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --disable-gtk-doc > > But ORBit-2.0 is not listed as a dependency. When I execute: > > pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0 > > I get no output. This cannot be correct for --prefix. This is also not > explained. According to svn, DJ inserted these instructions. > > Should we add ORBit-2 as a required dependency?
Okay, the issue is now fixed. First, answering the question, no, ORBit2 should not be listed as a dependency, because it isn't a direct dependency. Here's what I did instead. For Gnumeric, I had to juggle the dependencies anyway due to the dependencies changing in libgnomeprint. The dependencies now say libgnomeui then libgnomeprintui and libgsf. More importantly, I put a note in the libgnomeprint instructions about installing the package into a non-GNOME2 environment. The note is x-included, and I will be putting this note into all the GNOME-2 packages that don't explicitly end up calling ORBit2 down the dependency chain. This will forever end any confusion, no matter who tries to install whatever GNOME2 package into a non-GNOME environment. -- 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] 14:59:00 up 39 days, 14:32, 2 users, load average: 0.23, 0.08, 0.02 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
