Re: potato version of galeon?
On 17 Feb 02 21:31:06 GMT, will trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what's the potato-friendly way to get galeon installed? galeon hasn't been potato-friendly since about version 0.7.x. It is a bleeding-edge gnome application that requires libraries and other facilities only available in gnome 1.4+. The simplest way to keep your system basically potato is to install ximian's gnome packages, including their versions of galeon and mozilla. That will be less of a jump than the other serious alternative, which is to upgrade to woody or sid, but incompatabilities between ximian's packages and the official debian ones may make upgrading to woody/sid later a bit problematic. Frank -- Home Page: URL:http://thingy.apana.org.au/~fjc/ Not the Scientology Home Page: URL:http://xenu.apana.org.au/ntshp/
potato version of galeon?
what's the potato-friendly way to get galeon installed? (basically same inquiry as before, but with a more pertinent subject line and a bit more elaboration on the details:) i've got potato(stable) set up including deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free (all one line) in my /etc/apt/sources.list but of course galeon ain't there... (dpkg -S and apt-cache search both come up empty when looking for galeon.) i could download galeon rpm's, but goes against the debianistic grain. -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #73 from USM Bish [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Looking for a way to CAPTURE A TRANSCRIPT OF SOME COMMANDS? Easy! To catch anything from the screen when it scrolls by, use script: script file-to-save-transcript-in.txt command command exit == don't forget this! (It spawns another shell, and displays everything so you can work -- but it also saves the output in the file at the same time.) Then pager file-*transcript* to review it. Or email it. Or edit it for inclusion in a manual you're writing. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
Re: potato version of galeon?
Hi will! On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, will trillich wrote: what's the potato-friendly way to get galeon installed? (basically same inquiry as before, but with a more pertinent subject line and a bit more elaboration on the details:) i've got potato(stable) set up including deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free (all one line) in my /etc/apt/sources.list but of course galeon ain't there... (dpkg -S and apt-cache search both come up empty when looking for galeon.) i could download galeon rpm's, but goes against the debianistic grain. to get galeon for potato i fear you have to get the mozilla and galeon sources from unstable (or testing) and compile them for potato. you will propably also need to compile some libraries which don't exist in potato yourself or get newer version than those available in potato. yours martin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- NO HTML MAILS PLEASE PGP/GPG encrypted and signed messages preferred pgpLBTsxQ4vc9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: potato version of galeon?
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 03:31:06PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
what's the potato-friendly way to get galeon installed?
i've got potato(stable) set up including
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
(all one line) in my /etc/apt/sources.list but of course galeon
ain't there... (dpkg -S and apt-cache search both come up
empty when looking for galeon.)
If you want to do this purly in potato envirinment, it is a bit of
efforts.
You can find this process under '4.3.9 Port a package to the stable
system' in my web page at http://qref.sf.net/quick/
In woody (Or potato with upgraded APT and dpkg), it is much easier.
After setting up sources.list with deb-src entries then from shell:
# apt-get build-dep galeon
# apt-get source -b galeon
This will build galeon, I think.
You may need to do similar for mozzilla.
Good luck.
(If it is not a production server, I recommend you to upgrade system to
the testing. If it is a server, why install X or galeon, anuyay.)
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Re: potato version of galeon?
On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 16:40, Osamu Aoki wrote: (If it is not a production server, I recommend you to upgrade system to the testing. If it is a server, why install X or galeon, anuyay.) Good point. Personally, I think Woody's been ready for your average desktop user for months. I use sid exclusively and even that's stable enough for pretty much anyone who's ever used make-kpkg and rescue root=/dev/hda1. :) -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: potato version of galeon?
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 03:31:06PM -0600, will trillich wrote: | what's the potato-friendly way to get galeon installed? Why do you want to stick with potato? If you're installing galeon, it must be a workstation, not a server, so what's wrong with woody/sid? It is much easier (possible is a better phrase) to get new software with a new release than with an old one. -D -- He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. --Jim Elliot
