Index: gnome/gnome-intro.xml
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@@ -6,11 +6,40 @@
sufficient to run Gnome 1.4 applications included in this book. The
order of the pages are meant to follow the build order defined by the
-Gnome2 development team as published in the release notes.
+Gnome2 development team as published in the release notes. If a package is in the release notes build list, but not in this chapter, it has been installed elsewhere in the book.
-While we have been successful in building Gnome2 from these
-instructions, we have also experienced several oddities in compiling and
-running these applications. If these are build issues, watch for
-adjustments to the instructions as we better understand this
-product.
+The installation of Gnome2 is a large undertaking and one we would
+very much like to see you complete with the least amount of stress. One
+of our first goals in this installation is to protect your previously
+installed software. For absolute protection, we would construct a
+chroot jail for the installation, but since Gnome2 packages utilize the
+--prefix= option for configure, we will use that to fulfill our goal.
+There are two locations usable for our purposes,
+/usr/local and /opt/package.
+Since /usr/local is not utilized any where in the
+BLFS book, installation there would closely parallel a Gnome2
+installation using --prefix=/usr. However, it is not
+entirely safe for us to assume that your installation does not have any
+files in /usr/local. Therefore we are going to
+install with --prefix=/opt/gnome2. This will require additional edits
+which are covered on the pre-installation page. Removal of Gnome2 for
+any reason is as easy as removing the edits from the pre-installation
+page and issue the following commands:
+rm /opt/gnome2 -r &&
+rm /etc/gnome -r
+
+If your system was completely built per LFS 4.0 and BLFS
+instructions, you have a very good chance of using Gnome2
+after your first install. If you are a typical LFS user, you have made
+modifications to the instructions along the way knowing that you have to
+take those modifications into account on future installations. You
+should have no problems integrating Gnome2 into your unique setup, but
+you will have 28 to 33 packages installed before you can run Gnome
+through any testing (assuming your window manager is preinstalled and
+tested). We would anticipate that you will be rebuilding gnome at least
+once to make adjustments for your setup. If this is the only chapter you
+are utilizing from the BLFS book, we think you should be successful by
+following these instructions, but you may find problems along the way
+that we may or may not be able to help you though on the blfs-support mailing
+list.
If you don't need the Gnome 1.4 library environment, you may skip
@@ -21,7 +50,7 @@
listed on those pages whether labeled or not. Gnome packages without
pages are simply installed with:
-./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome &&
+./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome &&
make &&
-make install
+make install
These instructions are simplistic to facilitate removal of Gnome 1.4
from BLFS systems when it is no longer necessary. These instructions
@@ -33,3 +62,7 @@
have no interest in Gnome2.
+At this time, we feel that Gnome2 should be left in /opt/gnome2, but you can easily adjust the --prefix= option to your
+chosen destination. This can be done from the start or after a trial
+install.
+
Index: index.xml
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@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
"/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [
-
-
+
+
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
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--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (revision bf4e9f464e0a89944e569bc971858153bd88f9c9)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (revision e7c622297530f70c934e1c30c67655de05cd2ec6)
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@
+
+October 22nd, 2002 [larry]: Expanded Gnome Chapter
+introduction.
October 21st, 2002 [larry]: Basicnet: Updated to