On Saturday 29 July 2006 20:18, Peter TB Brett wrote: > On Saturday 29 July 2006 20:02, Patrick Doyle wrote: > > Seriously... what do folks recommend for compiling and/or running the > > gEDA suite on an FC5 box? I see that there are precompiled RPMs > > available, and I might go with that, at least to get started, but I > > anticipate, from having lurked on the list for a couple of weeks (gee, > > I wish I had tried this a couple of months ago so that I would have > > felt comfortable showing up on DJ's doorstep last weekend, oh well), > > that there are newer features in the CVS tree that I might want to > > try, so I would prefer to start from a source compile and be able to > > tweak it as needed. > > Argh, I think I'm going to have to start a FAQ. > > You need the following packages: > > - pkgconfig > - fontconfig-devel > - freetype-devel > - glib2-devel > - gtk2-devel > - guile-devel > - libpng-devel > - zlib-devel > > Also the usual core build tools (gcc, install, libtool, etc...). > > Then it should Just Work. In general, being unable to build is a symptom of > missing a '-devel' package somewhere. Oops, I missed that you were talking about the CD. The CD Just Worked for me on FC4, but I haven't tried it with FC5. The above list of packages will allow you to build/install CVS geda. Peter -- Fisher Society publicity officer http://tinyurl.com/o39w2 CUSBC novices, match and league secretary http://tinyurl.com/mwrc9 Quake II build tools maintainer http://tinyurl.com/fkldd v2sw6YShw7$ln5pr6ck3ma8u6/8Lw3+2m0l7Ci6e4+8t4Eb8Aen5+6g6Pa2Xs5MSr5p4 hackerkey.com
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