I did see the JHBuild tool but wasn't really sure how it worked. Now that you guys pointed it out, I read the entire page again and realized that I missed this paragraph in the first time:
"*JHBuild enables you to run Gnome in a sandbox environment and doesn't install it globally on your system, so there is no need to run Gnome inside a virtual machine.*" Shame on me! Shame on me! :-) Thanks, guys! Luiz On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Hashem Nasarat <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your interest in contributing to GNOME! > > I only have time right now for a brief reply, but "developing without > messing up current installation" is the whole point of GNOME's jhbuild > tool. > > Here's a short tutorial on how to get started using it. > https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeLove/BuildGnome > > Please don't hesitate to ask for help if you come across any issues. > > -Hashem > > On 11/04/2013 11:27 AM, Luiz Poleto wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am trying to get started contributing with Gnome. First thing I wanna > > do is set up a development environment where I can play around without > > worrying about messing up with my current Gnome installation. > > > > So, I thought about having it installed in VirtualBox. Is it > > recommended? Are there any side effects on this approach? > > If the above is not the ideal scenario, what would be the best approach? > > > > Thanks, > > Luiz > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-love mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love > > >
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