On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 19:59, Frank Solensky wrote: > Pardon the newbie question but is there any more detailed information > about building Evolution? > > On http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/build.shtml: > > | Build the relevant modules listed on the CVS page and them. > > 1) Should the modules be built in any specific order? > yes, I do it in the following order: libsoup, gal, gtkhtml, evolution-data-server, evolution.
> 2) "..and them". Install, right? > Yes, not only do you need to compile it, but to install it before compiling the next module. > | If you use a prefix different from where the rest of GNOME is > | installed (recommended), > > 3) I'm not sure what the recommendation is: the prefix for the result of > the evolution build? > no, the prefix for installing, that can be like /usr/local, ~/Applications, /opt/gnome, ... > In evolution/README.txt: > | In order to build Evolution you need to have the full set of GNOME 2 > | or GNOME 2.2 development libraries installed. > > 4) Out of date? I've got GNOME 2.4, off the Red Hat Fedora > distribution. > well, it should still compile on 2.0 and 2.2, at least the 1.4.x versions. > | .. Evolution REQUIRES libdb 3.1.17, and NO OTHER VERSION. > > 5) Still true? > not for 1.5.x. > I'll admit it. Getting the link to http://www.gnome.org/bounties/ was > enough incentive for me to try to add one or two things myself, even if > I don't eventually claim one. > > 6) The blog page announces some of the enhancements already being > completed (sorry about Ettore): where does one go to see what's already > underway? Or is the blog what's current? > see the bug numbers associated with each bounty. cheers _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
