Re: Best way to install cutting edge GnuStep distribution

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Am 10.02.2010 um 00:07 schrieb Dr Slivnik Tomaž MA (Cantab) PhD  
(Cantab) FTICA:

> What is the best/quickest/easiest/smoothest way to get a cutting  
> edge GnuStep distribution running on my machine?
>
> I have Debian 5.0.3 running in a virtual machine with all the  
> GnuStep packages installed but they seem rather old. Does it matter  
> if I manually build my own GnuStep installation on top of this? I'm  
> guessing doing so will interfere with the Debian package management  
> system and break things down the line.

This is how I did update GNUstep on an Ubuntu 8.10 about a year ago  
(GNUstep was already installed from their package manager):

mkdir GNUstep-install
cd GNUstep-install/
svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/modules

cd modules

# I want to install in System to replace what came with Ubuntu
sudo cp core/make/installation-domais.conf /etc/GNUstep/

sudo vi /etc/GNUstep/installation-domais.conf
# add renaissance, gdl2

cd core/make/
./configure --with-layout=fhs-system
make
sudo make install

# put the sourcing of GNUstep.sh into bash.bashrc so it also work for  
root
sudo vi /etc/bash.bashrc

# add the following two lines:
# Setup for the GNUstep environment
. /usr/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh

# alternatively do:
sudo ln -s /usr/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh /etc/profile.d/ 
GNUstep.sh

cd ../base/
./configure
make
sudo make install

cd ../gui/
./configure
make
#make LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/
sudo make install

cd ../back/
./configure --enable-graphics=art --with-name=art
# alternatively do:
./configure --enable-server=x11 --enable-graphics=cairo --with- 
name=cairo
make
sudo make install
defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-art
# alternatively do:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-cairo

cd ../../dev-libs/renaissance/
# sudo doesn't work here because everything from GNUstep.sh is missing
sudo su -
cd /home/gnustep/Desktop/GNUstep-install/modules/dev-libs/renaissance/
make GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM install
exit
sudo -E make GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM install

cd ../../dev-apps/gorm/
make
sudo su -
cd /home/gnustep/Desktop/GNUstep-install/modules/dev-apps/gorm/
make install
exit
sudo -E make install

cd ../../dev-libs/gdl2/
./configure
make
sudo make GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM install

sudo su -
cd /home/gnustep/Desktop/GNUstep-install/modules/dev-apps/projectcenter/
make GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM install
exit
cd ../../dev-apps/projectcenter/
sudo -E make GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM install


cd ~

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> Are there more current pre-built packages for another platform I  
> can easily install in a VM?
>
> Does GnuStep run on MINIX (or, as I am guessing, there is the same  
> issue of no support for threads and shared memory which break Gnome  
> and KDE running there)?
>
> Tomaž

regards,

        Lars