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Re: gEDA-user: Usability issues of gEDA + PCB



On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:01:44PM -0400, Ales Hvezda wrote:
> [snip]
> >1) Merge PCB into gEDA so it gets installed all at once. If installing
> >   PCB is an issue, add --disable-pcb into ./configure
> 
> 	Stuart's cd has already been mentioned. :)
> 
> >2) Make the install process one ./configure && make && make install if
> >   possible. Installing gEDA fresh always takes me like 1-2 days because
> >   it's like 20 libraries where you have to guess the versions correctly
> >   and if you fail, you have to retry etc.
> 
> 	Do you want this install to also build gtk+ and all the 
> required libraries?  That would be a huge undertaking.
> 
> 
> >3) Make a gEDA install guide for trained monkeys, so they don't have to
> >   spend 2 hours figuring out what combinations of libraries they should
> >   download, and then it won't work for them anyway, because it's
> >   PITA to install gtk 2.2 in debian
> 
> 	Huh?  Isn't it just a simple matter of running:
> 
> 	apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev

But that isntalls GTK 2.0, true? gEDA needs AFAIK GTK 2.2.

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