Re: GUI for GNOME?

["Ringo Kamens" <2600denver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Has anybody tried using the RPMs on ubuntu using Alien?
Comrade Ringo Kamens

On 8/8/07, Matt Edman <edmanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 01:53:30PM -0400, Ringo Kamens wrote:
> > Last time I checked, it wasn't in the ubuntu repositories and it's a
> > bitch to compile and run because of all of its dependencies. Also, I
> > think it uses a deprecated version of the qt toolkit but perhaps
> > things have changed since I last tried to use it.
> > Comrade Ringo Kamens
>
> You're right, Vidalia is not in the Ubuntu repositories. Our ebuild for Gentoo
> and RPMs for Red Hat have been contributed by some nice people who wanted to
> help out. It seems nobody has been motivated enough to make a package for
> Ubuntu yet, though.
>
> Instructions for compiling Vidalia from source on Ubuntu can be found on our
> wiki (there is even a section especially for Ubuntu):
>
> http://trac.vidalia-project.net/wiki/InstallSource#LinuxBSDUnix
>
> As for using a deprecated version of Qt, that's news to me. Vidalia has always
> required at least Qt 4.1, but also works with Qt 4.2 and 4.3. If you've found
> that Vidalia doesn't build for you with one of those versions of Qt, I'd be
> happy to know which one and fix it.
>
> --Matt
>