Re: broke my GWorkspace...

[Gaël Elegoët]

Hi Riccardo,

Actually I've finally managed to install GWorkspace yesterday evening (late).
sudo make install would not work as I've mentioned, giving me errors. Then 
after the nnth coffee the idea came to try just login as root… so, su,
then make install, and it worked. I have now GWorkspace-0.9.3 working.
But with drawbacks, that is :
It can be launched only from a Term window. I use Windowmaker 0.95.7,
so GWorkspace appears on the desktop once launched, then if I quit it and try 
to re-launch it form that very icon, it won't work.
Trying from "Run" in the WMaker app menu , or other options like from wmbutton, 
doesn't work also…even if I try /usr/local/bin/GWorkspace. Only from the Term.
Other problem I've found is that it doesn't want to make images thumbnail 
icons. But I suppose I need to install something else to have that working.
Other than that, works Ok :)

About gnustep-make configuration, I just did ./configure , make , sudo make 
install. No options.
maybe I should try re-compiling/installing everything by using su as you say.

And thanks again Riccardo and Fred for your help :) Will post a screenshot when 
I've finished configuring that installation.

Gaël Elégoët
galgot@free.fr
galgot.com



Le 12 oct. 2015 à 12:56, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> a écrit :

> Hi,
> 
> Gaël Elegoët wrote:
>> Ok thanks, I've found it in /usr/local/share/GNUstep/Makefiles indeed.
>> I had to change the group permissions from staff to root, otherwise it
>> wouldn't run. Then GWorkspace compiled fine.
>> But now if I do sudo make install , it says :
>> 
>> $ sudo make install
>> GNUmakefile:5: /common.make: No such file or directory
>> GNUmakefile:33: /aggregate.make: No such file or directory
>> make: *** No rule to make target `/aggregate.make'.  Stop.
>> 
>> even though these files are there in the Makefiles folder...
>> if I try just make install , it starts installing then gives me errors :
>> 
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/lib/GNUstep/Frameworks': 
>> Permission denied
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/local/lib/GNUstep/Frameworks] Error 1
>> make[1]: *** [FSNode.install.framework.variables] Error 2
>> make: *** [internal-install] Error 2
> 
> It is strange to find stuff in /usr/local/share and then installation in 
> /usr/local/lib : how did you configure gnustep-make?
> 
> On Debian "sudo" clears your path.. and thus also the GNUstep environment 
> vars. I am unable to use it with success even for apt-get or aptitude.
> You might have more luck with "sudo -E".
> 
> I see two easy alternatives:
> - give your group (e.g. staff) group write permission to the target 
> directories (which would have been easier if it had been just /usr/GNUstep or 
> /usr/local/GNUstep)
> - use "su" (not su -), resource GNUstep.sh, install, exit. It is convenient 
> to "make" without root permissions and just use root to install
> 
> 
> Riccardo