Gnome Install

[twoducks <twoducks@globalserve.net>]

So I managed to get GNOME installed and running in conjunction with KDE.
It also worked with FVWM and presumably with any other window manager.

It is not bad. The help system definitely needs work, but that is what we are
aiming to help with. There is a help program which we can work with. I
know nothing about it yet, though.

I will be editting the web pages more to reflect what I have learned about
GNOME. Since I haven't figured out how to make the last changes visible
yet these new changes may or may not be visible as soon as the site
is updated.

Following is a description of the sequence of events I followed to install
GNOME. I can make a tar of all of the RPMs I used available if anyone
wants it. I will check with some of the leaders of the SEUL group to see
if I can get this posted in some form, along with the RPMs, in a more
prominent place.

Ken

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# Here are the operations I performed.

Following is the install method I followed. Note that I am not
100% certain what packages I have installed on my system previously
so this may or may not work on your system.

I am using RedHat 5.0 and installing via the RPMs.

rpm -i gsl-0.3b-2.i386.rpm

# I don't know what the problem was here. But since I installed gtk+-1.0.1-1
# and will be Upgrading the gtk then I figured that I could force it.
rpm -U glib-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
  /usr/lib/libglib.so.1 conflicts with file from gtk+-1.0.1-1
  error: glib-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed
rpm -U --force glib-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm

# Uncertain what the problem was here. I hope I don't need usermode-1.4-1 :)
rpm -U gtk+-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
  failed dependencies:
        gtk >= 0.99.970925 is needed by usermode-1.4-1
rpm -U --force gtk+-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
  failed dependencies:
        gtk >= 0.99.970925 is needed by usermode-1.4-1
rpm -e usermode
rpm -U gtk+-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
  package gtk+-1.0.1-1 (which is newer) is already installed
  error: gtk+-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed
rpm -U --force gtk+-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm 

rpm -i umb-scheme-3.2-6.i386.rpm

rpm -i guile-1.2-4.i386.rpm

rpm -U libjpeg-6b-5.i386.rpm

rpm -U libjpeg6a-6a-2.i386.rpm

rpm -i libpng-1.0.1-3.i386.rpm

rpm -U libungif-3.0-4.i386.rpm

rpm -U imlib-1.6-1.i386.rpm

rpm -i gnome-libs-0.20-1.i386.rpm

rpm -U mico-2.0.5-1998050416.i386.rpm

rpm -U libgtop-0.01-1.i386.rpm

rpm -i gnome-objc-0.20-1.i386.rpm

rpm -U gnome-guile-0.20-1.i386.rpm

rpm -U gnome-utils-0.20-1.i386.rpm

rpm -U gnome-admin-0.20-1.i386.rpm

rpm -U libstdc++-2.8.0-8.i386.rpm

rpm -U xscreensaver-2.16-2.i386.rpm

# I hope this wasn't a bad idea.
rpm -i ncurses-4.2-6.i386.rpm
  /usr/bin/captoinfo conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/bin/clear conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/bin/infocmp conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/bin/reset conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/bin/tic conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/bin/toe conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/bin/tput conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/bin/tset conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man1/captoinfo.1m conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man1/clear.1 conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man1/infocmp.1m conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man1/tic.1m conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man1/toe.1m conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man1/tput.1 conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man1/tset.1 conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man5/term.5 conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man5/terminfo.5 conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  /usr/man/man7/term.7 conflicts with file from ncurses-1.9.9e-6
  error: ncurses-4.2-6.i386.rpm cannot be installed
rpm -i --force ncurses-4.2-6.i386.rpm

rpm -U mc-4.1.35-2.i386.rpm

rpm -U mcserv-4.1.35-2.i386.rpm

rpm -U gmc-4.1.35-2.i386.rpm

rpm -U fortune-mod-1.0-6.i386.rpm

rpm -U xlockmore-4.09-2.i386.rpm

rpm -U gnome-core-0.20-2.i386.rpm

rpm -U gnome-graphics-0.20-1.i386.rpm

rpm -U esound-0.2.1-1.i386.rpm

rpm -U gnome-games-0.20-1.i386.rpm

rpm -U gnome-media-0.20-1.i386.rpm

rpm -i yagirc-0.63-2.i386.rpm