Re: Installation check

[Dennis Leeuw]

GNUstep requires a two stage setup before all is fine:
1) Start the daemons gdomap, gdnc, gnustep-soundd, which should be 
started at system boot. You could use the supplied script or write 
distro-specific version.

2) The setup of the user environment which starts gpbs and sources the 
variables needed (GNUstep.sh).

The Guide provides you with two scripts that do just that. There are 
however a lot of different ways of doing esp. step 2. This is just one 
way, that almost always works. But we are talking about Un*x like 
systems, so there are almost an infinite way of doing things.

If you start an app and the system daemons are not running they will be 
started for you, but you shouldn't rely on that for a well maintained 
system, so the startup script should be there.

Same goes for gpbs, sourcing the GNUstep.sh script is mostly enough, bit 
will be started if an app detects that it not running. But again you 
shouldn't rely on that functionality.

Happy Stepping,

Dennis Leeuw

Charles Kerr wrote:
> Ok, I am confused. I am sourceing the 
> /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
>
> My question was on the startup scripts the doc I referenced stated, but 
> I didn't see in the install web page docs.  The boot and X startup 
> ones.  Are they still needed?
>
>
>
>
> > From: Michael Baehr <mbaehr@gmail.com>
> > To: Charles Kerr <punt1959@msn.com>
> > CC: discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
> > Subject: Re: Installation check
> > Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 19:54:13 -0400
> >
> > On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:50:33 -0400, Charles Kerr <punt1959@msn.com> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I am using SuSE 9.1
> > > So I should make that boot script (not the x one) and put it in 
> > runlevel 5 ?
> > >
> > > >From: Michael Baehr <mbaehr@gmail.com>
> > > >To: Charles Kerr <punt1959@msn.com>
> > > >CC: discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
> > > >Subject: Re: Installation check
> > > >Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 19:36:23 -0400
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 3.  Create the following script in the Makefiles directory e.g.
> > > > > /usr/GNUstep/System/Makefiles with the name GSXBoot.sh
> > > > >    Same as above with 2.  I didn't do this.  Is this something that
> > > >needs to
> > > > > be done?  CVS install file seems to indicate that sourcing the 
> > single sh
> > > > > file is sufficient.
> > > > >
> > > > > The document I am referencing is:
> > > > > http://gnustep.made-it.com/BuildGuide/#CHECK.WINDOWMAKER
> > > > >
> > > > > Any comments welcomed.
> > > >
> > > >I package GNUstep for Arch Linux, which has an /etc/profile.d
> > > >directory containing files to be sourced at login.  I simply symlink
> > > >$GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh to /etc/profile.d/gnustep
> > > >and everything works fine.  You really shouldn't need to do anything
> > > >more than source that file to have your environment set up properly.
> > > >
> > > >As far as the GNUstep daemons are concerned (gdomap, gbps, gdnc, etc.)
> > > >you will have to find a distro-specific answer for that.  What
> > > >distribution are you using?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Nah, I would suggest finding a way to have it sourced by every login
> > shell.  The main purpose of it is to prepare an environment for
> > launching/running applications.  If all else fails, just source it in
> > your .profile/.bash_profile/.cshrc etc.
>
>
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