On 05/26/2017 07:34 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Though a computer _user_ from vacuum tube era, I'm still new to Linux. > I run Debian Stretch (Testing) and typically install using Synaptic or > apt-get. > > I am currently running Tomboy 1.14.1 from the Debian repository and wish > to run the latest version from upstream. There is not a .deb package for > it. I have downloaded & extracted > <https://download.gnome.org/sources/tomboy/1.15/tomboy-1.15.8.tar.xz> > to a directory set aside for non-Debian software. > > What to do after having backed-up my existing notes? > > I suspect it's only a couple of commands. > What I'm looking for is some documentation describing the process. > A cookbook solution would be nice but my goal is to know what I'm doing. > > My motto is "If retirement isn't for education, what use is it?" > > TIA >
I had also posted to the Tomboy mailing list [very low volume list]. I got a reply this morning. There are instructions labeled as for developers at <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy/Developers>. Combined with comments from this thread, I should be OK. I haven't done anything at low level since some assembler back when 8085 was the latest ;/ Thanks _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
