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Originally Posted by Adam B.
Here's one...
I'm trying to compile a package. When I run a ./configure, it complains that it needs gconf-2.0 and libgtkhtml. I've found and downloaded those packages. They in turn, require other gnome libraries. I've gotten frustrated and gave up...If I keep following the dependencies, I feel like I'm going to compile all of gnome to resolve these 2 packages. Or do I not need to compile these, but simply have the source available?
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Ops! The precompiled libraries package only contains the libraries needed for compiling Motif apps and gtk+ 2.x apps.
Anyway, yours is a "Good question" :-).
Firstly, yes, you'll end compiling a lot of gnome libraries just to fullfill those two dependencies. For example, looking at the libgtkhtml library installed in the PC:
Code:
~$ ldd /usr/lib/libgtkhtml-2.so.0
libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0x40063000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x40177000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x401c8000)
libgailutil.so.17 => /usr/lib/libgailutil.so.17 (0x401db000)
libgnomecanvas-2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so.0 (0x401e3000)
libart_lgpl_2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2 (0x4020f000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x40225000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x4024b000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x40529000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x405a9000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x405c7000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x405dd000)
libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0x405ff000)
libpangox-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 (0x40606000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x40611000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x4064b000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x4067f000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40683000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x40686000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40706000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x4083a000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x40869000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x408d6000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x4099d000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x409a1000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x409a9000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x409b8000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x409cb000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x409d4000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x409dc000)
I've put in bold the ones that are clearly part of gnome. And I can have missed some O:-).
If you really, really want to compile gnome for the iliad, your best bet is using GARNOME (
http://www.gnome.org/projects/garnome/ ), as it is somewhat difficult to compile it "by hand". That will create a gnome environment in the home of your user.
In the iliad, you'll have to install it in a SD or CF and replicate the path you used to compile it with a symlink in the iliad.
Now, I'll try to dissuade you from doing so :-).
1. Gnome is HUGE. It contains a lot of libraries and data files.
2. Its slow, as every library that you add as a dependency for your program, is more work for the dynamic linker at program startup, and the iliad is not a 3Ghz computer.
3. It consumes a lot of memory (because of the huge quantity of libraries it brings to memory).
Ideally, you should aim for motif apps, gtk+2.x apps, GPE apps, SDL-based apps or just plain X (ace of penguins, for example).
If this doesn't answer your question, keep asking ;-).
EDIT: Re-reading my post... Well, it's not as it connot be done, If you want to try it, I'll assist you :-). Even without the Garnome approach, if you really only depend on gconf and libggtkhtml, it's not that hard (less than a dozen or so of libraries), but I'm not so sure that you will only need those two libraries (configure checks the one-at-a-time, and after you have that check fulfilled it will check the next dependency...)