How to compile Gnome 3 for use in Puppy 5?

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How to compile Gnome 3 for use in Puppy 5?

#1 Post by heri.neutrino »

i got gnome3 source yesterday from my friend. but after i open the archive, i didn't find readme or how to use file. someone please help me!!

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#2 Post by Lobster »

It is a little more involved. 8)

This is the last time Gnome worked with Puppy that I am aware of
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=27864
Puppy Raspup 8.2Final 8)
Puppy Links Page http://www.smokey01.com/bruceb/puppy.html :D

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#3 Post by amigo »

Compiling 'gnome' means compiling and installing over 150 libraries and programs in a certain order. If you really want gnome, you should be using another distro.

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#4 Post by johnywhy »

i noticed there is some gnome stuff in puppy. i want to compile source for a gnome app, to run on puppy. Is this possible and relatively painless?

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary

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#5 Post by amigo »

Usually, the simplest real gnome app is gonna have a minimum set of depends of around 150 packages! So, good luck with that.

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#6 Post by johnywhy »

amigo wrote:Usually, the simplest real gnome app is gonna have a minimum set of depends of around 150 packages! So, good luck with that.
but that's just for the compiling environment, right????

the executable will only contain the bits of code it actually uses, not the entire dependency package.

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#7 Post by amigo »

No, 'runtime' means just what it says. For every package which has libraries there will be a separate corresponding devel package. Just look here for a teaser:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/gnome
Remember that each of those required dependencies is gonna have many depends itself. The whole stack starts with freetype fontconfig and glib. If you install a full gnome with devel packages you are talking about 4oo packages.

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#8 Post by johnywhy »

is gtk a subset of gnome? isnt gtk part of xSlacko ootb?
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