Changeset 9761bea4 for gnome/core/pre-install-config.xml

Timestamp:

06/21/2006 06:27:21 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

825cbe7

Parents:

67934af

Message:

Various corrections to the GNOME2 instructions

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@6195 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• gnome/core/pre-install-config.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

gnome/core/pre-install-config.xml

@@ -25 +25 @@
   it in an easy-to-remove location:</para>
 
+  <note>
+    <para>You may wish to create a symbolic link to the actual versioned
+    directory using a non-versioned name. This has the advantage of an easier
+    path to type in all the changes below and also makes it easy to point
+    to a different/newer version of GNOME without changing all the edits
+    below. If you wish to use a non-versioned name in the changes below,
+    issue the following commands as the
+    <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen role='root'><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; &amp;&amp;
+ln -v -s gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version; /opt/gnome</userinput></screen>
+  </note>
+
+  <para>If you created the symbolic link, change all instances of <filename
+  class='directory'>/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;</filename>
+  to <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome</filename> in the instructions
+  below.</para>
+
 <screen><userinput>export GNOME_PREFIX=/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;</userinput></screen>
-
-  <para>Remember to execute <command>ldconfig</command> as the
-  <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user after installation of
-  libraries to update the linker's library cache.</para>
 
   <para>The try-out group will also need to make all the following
@@ -60 +74 @@
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
+  <tip>
+    <para>Remember to execute <command>ldconfig</command> as the
+    <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user after installation of
+    libraries to update the linker's library cache.</para>
+  </tip>
+
 </sect1>