Yes you can do all that, or you can wait for your favorite distrubution to begin shipping with Gnome. Gnome may be a tad difficult to install ( + keep current ) right now, but I'd bet you that'll change... So if it gives too much trouble, it may be a good idea to wait. (just a thought, not trying to flame or anything) later, Kervin Arandir wrote: > > On Wed, 07 Apr 1999, Akintayo Holder wrote: > > ^Mr^ wrote: > > > > > > yesterday , i downloaded all the gnome 1.0 rpms .. > > > i read the faq which told me to install the glib first ... so here goes > > maybe i am confused, but there is a step by step guide for installing > > the rpms on RH5.2 at the GNOME site. Worked for me > > -- > > I had a horrible time trying to install gnome on rh5.2. Exactly the same > problems that ^Mr^ had. In order to finally get it to run, I had reinstall RH, > install the lame gnome 0.30 version that came with red hat, using the supplied > script (no using RPM), and then install (not upgrade) gnome 1.0 next to the > 0.30. Way too much work for something that's supposed to be user-friendly. > > -- > Arandir... > > GNOME - from the people who brought you Emacs! > (Ha! Two flame wars in one tag!)
