> > This leads to another question: If a "--disable-something"
> > option is given to the ./configure script, is the Makefile
> > dynamic in that it won't check for the file(s) that would
> > normally take care of what's been disabled ?? Does that
> > make sense ?? ;-)
>
> Aah not sure what you mea
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 11:55:46AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> Yeah, I picked a good example, didn't I ?? In fact, gnumeric may not
> have any sound capabilities at all. Maybe it does... Where esound
> comes in is that *another* package that gnumeric requires requires
> esound itself. Aren't de
> > Compiling from source may not be any better. For example,
> > in addition to needing "esound-common" installed, you may
> > also need
>
> hmm why do I need sound at all.. its a spreadsheet.. that was
> one of the strangest deps I was hoping could be disabled in
> the source. I never have deskto
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 09:47:44AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
>
> application, I was concerned that I'd need to install various qt
> libs and possibly even some KDE, depending on how things were
> packaged. Luckily, it only req'd (not including what I already had
> installed) libqt2.
Mmm I use
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 07:33:38AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > I wanted to install gnumeric but the dep list is huge here (see
> below)
> > is there a way to shrink it.. is there any scope for this building
> > from source?
>
> Do you not run many gnome packages ?? Many of those are pretty
>
> I have another experience. After I have installed Debian, my
package
> management program becomes a mess, and I install new packages with
> dpkg after downloading from the Debian site. Although
> I do not run gnome, I installed gnumeric this way (in Potato), and
had
> to install only a few extra
"Hall Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Do you not run many gnome packages ?? Many of those are
> > > pretty "standard" packages that you would need installed
> > > anyway for other gnome programs.
> [..]
> , if you want to run *one* gnome app, you have to accept the dependencies
> that
> > Do you not run many gnome packages ?? Many of those are
> > pretty "standard" packages that you would need installed
> > anyway for other gnome programs.
>
> Don't act so incredulous. Many people think Gnome is entirely
> the wrong direction for Unix to go in, or it's just too damn big.
My poi
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 11:15:13AM +0100, Gordon Hart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to install gnumeric but the dep list is huge here (see below)
> is there a way to shrink it.. is there any scope for this building
> from source?
>
> Any (mebbe console based) alternatives?
No, the gnome apps of
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 07:33:38AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
>
> Do you not run many gnome packages ?? Many of those are pretty
> "standard" packages that you would need installed anyway for other
> gnome programs.
Don't act so incredulous. Many people think Gnome is entirely the wrong
dir
> I wanted to install gnumeric but the dep list is huge here (see
below)
> is there a way to shrink it.. is there any scope for this building
> from source?
Do you not run many gnome packages ?? Many of those are pretty
"standard" packages that you would need installed anyway for other
gnome progr
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