Re: compile error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lAddressView

[Ingolf Jandt]

It astonishes me you run into such a giant bunch of problems. Did you  
follow the ubuntu platform notes from the wiki? It was mostly written  
by me. If it is inaccurate, please tell me of its errors -- or  
correct them yourself.

Many incompatibilities may be result of the change to gnustep-make  
2.0, where many application releases still rely on deprecated 1.0  
features. In so far the advice to use a svn version instead of ready- 
made packages may not be so wise, exspecially for people who only  
want to use (or develop) GNUstep applications, and not develop the  
GNUstep libraries themselves.
If you decide to use up-to-date GNUstep core, you will allmost  
certainly have to use svn/cvs/Monotone versions of the apps too,  
above all because of the mentioned recent make change.

It is great to hear that you want to use the GNUstep apps. Still you  
must keep in mind that GNUstep is so far great for developers, whilst  
not offering a complete user experience. Etoile is so far not in a  
usable state, and a "GNUstep desktop" limited more or less to  
GWorkspace+SystemPreferences, GNUmail, TextEdit and Terminal, plus a  
helper apps (synthiune, preview, vindaloo ...) and games. There is no  
stable window manager, web browser, instant messanger, word  
processor, spreadsheat, movie player, font manager, printer manager,  
calendar ...

Good and successfull stepping!
Ingolf