> I have tried to install GWorkspace (is this the replacement of Window > Maker ???) but was not at all successful:
No it's not a replacement. One is for moving the windows around. The other is moving the files around. > There are question-marks regarding the procedure itself: > 1- one must install GNUstep firstly (no problem, if you find > out from where, what level and howto) If you have Debian or FreeBSD it's easy. Otherwise it's easy too, from source. > - it says to access "svn co http://svn ....... why?? how?? > what do I do after having read the list ?? Compile it? Read the build manual? But if you don't know, stick with a software distribution that has it packaged for you. > 2- after this you need the PDFKit framework. You do what with > this? ./configure make install ?? or before you must do > GNUsteps ?? Same answer as above. > 3- after that you download "System Preferences" from the > GNUstep-References (wow - how do I do that?) > and having it downloaded - I do ./configure etc. no (!) > I must do this different - as it says in the NOTES Same answer as above. > 4- and then you go to Mr. Google to find out what to do > after it errors - a Belgium site helps here out: > ", /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh" > is needed. This is documented as well. > 5- After about 6 hours of seraching and installing its all > there . no errors. great At least :) > 6- But what now?? It doesnt start-up automatic, its not > registered as an application. Its not in the list of > desktops. Its nowhere. It's installed, how should it know where to register? What do you have? > 7- when you find out it just wants "openapp GWorkspace.app" > you are wrong again: "openapp" is unknown. Did you source GNUstep.(?)sh ? > Well, well. I am not sure what the goal and priorities are. But when the > doc says, it is stable, then someone must have succeeded in installing it. Of course, I've been using it several years now. > Maybe you can furnish me a location where I can get installation > guidelines or download a singel rpm which would solve most of the troubles. Aha RPM, but still we don't know which. > Many thanks in advance and cheers, walt Yours, _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list Discuss-gnustep@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
