You don't need to do that--just update your GNOME packages from source, and all should be well--the fact that you originally installed from binaries doesn't matter.
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 17:24, Gary Tate wrote: > The problem with the top bar was with beta 0.1 and I solved that by > making the panel floating. > > In beta 0.2 top panel is placed bellow the apple panel. With Codex > running I found I could also move the top panel to other desktops, which > though curious - was great to create confusion. > > Last questions before I try an install: > > Should I remove the gnome1.4 binaries and install it using source and > compile it, then upgrade to gnome2 as you have mention by compiling the > source? > > Gary > > Alexander Hansen wrote: > > Kind of--I use threaded XFree86, but I added the extra files that are > > needed to run X11.app to my installation--basically, I built GNOME2 > > against a regular X installation, but can run it using X11.app. > > > > I tried running it with quartz-wm as the window manager, and it seemed > > to work. If you try to use another window manager, the top menubar gets > > buried under the apple menubar, and unfortunately, the default setup in > > GNOME2 is for all of the controls to be on the top bar. > > > > On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 15:53, Gary Tate wrote: > > > >>Anybody tried it with MAC OX X11 Betta? > >> > >>Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> > >>>The new bundle-gnome (2.0.3-2) _is_ the bundle for GNOME2. > >>> > >>>You should probably install the new gnome-core first, because it's just > >>>an GNOME1->GNOME2 upgrade facilitator: the tasks have been farmed out > >>>to other packages. Then update bundle-gnome. > >>> > >>>I haven't experienced any major problems with GNOME2 and XDarwin, other > >>>than that the window controls disappear when using sawfish (the old > >>>libpng/libpng3/imlib problem). Metacity is fine, though. > >>> > >>>On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 12:51, Gary Tate wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Okay- this is all good news but I am a little worried about the > >>>>installation. I just got everything stable and hence am worried about > >>>>using the unstable tree :( Is there something I should be worried about? > >>>> > >>>>I just added the unstable tree to fink commander and I can see most of > >>>>the new libs and packages related to gnome2 but there is no > >>>>bundle-gnome2 or gome2-bundle. > >>>> > >>>>So which packages should do I install to get the gnome2 desktop > >>>>environment? Also should I remove gnome1.4 first? > >>>> > >>>>Any advice help appreciated. I am new to fink (and relatively new to > >>>>UNIX) and have been using FinkCommander to install binaries only because > >>>>I didn't want to mess to much with my new X11 installation. > >>>> > >>>>I am willing to give this a shot as I gnome2 on my BSD boxes (where I > >>>>used ports) and I like it a lot. > >>>> > >>>>Any help appreciated. > >>>> > >>>>Gary > >>>> > >>>>Chi Hung wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>I forgot to mention that I installed bundle-gnome and it pretty much > >>>>>installed/updated all that I need to get gnome running. I use MetaCity as my > >>>>>window manager. I have not try Sawfish with Gnome2 yet. > >>>>> > >>>>>Chia > >>>>> > >>>>>On 2/12/03 9:51 PM, "Stan Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Hmm, another mystery. After the bad install of Gnome 2 (followed by > >>>>>>replacing /sw with a backup copy made just before), I'm not seeing what > >>>>>>I thought I saw before... wasn't there a Gnome 2 convenience bundle? > >>>>>>Not only that, but Fink reports all my packages are current. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>I've got libgnome2, libgnomecanvas2, libgnomeui2, and yelp listed (as > >>>>>>unstable packages, not installed). There's also a Gnome2 Tetris client. > >>>>>>That's it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>All trees are activated- I did the index and selfupdate-cvs. The last > >>>>>>time I did that, followed by update-all, was the disaster. The reports > >>>>>>which suggest the new Gnome works well are pushing me toward trying to > >>>>>>reinstall. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Sorry for the confusion. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 09:13 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>It's available from fink, if you activate the unstable tree: > >>>>>>>http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#unstable > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Gary Tate wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>This was asked before by Jay, but I never saw an answer. Has there > >>>>>>>>been > >>>>>>>>a port of gnome2 - it is even mentioned on the gome 2 site that it > >>>>>>>>runs > >>>>>>>>on Apples Darwin. 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