Installing GNOME from the Red Hat CDROM
For Red Hat 5.1 systems the easiest way to get GNOME is on the CD.
There is a /gnome directory on the first CD of RH 5.1 which contains
a release of GNOME. This is not the latest version, but sufficient to
get an idea of what GNOME is all about. There are instructions in
that directory for installing GNOME on your system.
Installing GNOME from FTP
GNOME is a rapidly developing project, and as a consequence there are regular
releases of software for GNOME. These releases are "cutting-edge", so to speak,
and are released because we think people want to see what kind of exciting
things are going on. Since this code is in the process of being written, it
can have rough spots. Don't let that stop you from grabbing it and trying it
out - just keep in mind that something that doesn't work this week will
probably be fixed in the next month or so.
Step 1 - Updating Red Hat Linux
There
are some updates for Red Hat Linux which you will need to insure GNOME
will work properly. Check the RH
5.1 jpeg errata page for the required updates. You may not need to
download all of the updates, just the ones for the packages you have
installed. Use the rpm command to see if you have a package currently installed:
rpm -q gimp
will tell you if you have the package 'gimp' installed, and what version. You can use the rpm command in this fashion to determine which of the errata items you will need to upgrade.
At a minimum, you will need to grab:
- ImageMagick-4.0.5-4
- control-panel-3.7-4
- gnome-core-0.13-10
- gnome-graphics-0.13-10
- gnome-libs-0.13-10
- gnome-linuxconf-0.13-17rh
- imlib-1.6-1
- libjpeg-6b-5
- libjpeg6a-6a-2
- libtiff-3.4-4
- libungif-3.0-4
- libungif-progs-3.0-4
- usermode-1.4.1-4
- usernet-1.0.7-4
If you plan on doing any development work you will also need:
- ImageMagick-devel-4.0.5-4
- imlib-devel-1.6-1
- libjpeg-devel-6b-5
- libtiff-devel-3.4-4
- libungif-devel-3.0-4
Finally, if you use any of these apps, you will need the appropriate errata:
NOTE: Be sure to check the other Red Hat errata items to make sure there are not more recent updates for these files.
Step 2 - Installing support RPMS
GNOME requires the following support packages which are included in Red Hat Linux, but which may not be installed by default:
GNOME also requires several support packages which are not part of the
Red Hat 5.1 distribution. RPMS of the required packages are located at
ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/redhat/support:
If you plan on doing development work for GNOME, you will also want:
You need to make sure you have the GIMP toolkit (gtk+) installed as well.
For GNOME v0.20 and before, you need gtk+-1.0 and glib-1.0.
For GNOME v0.25 up, you need gtk+-1.1 and glib-1.1 or newer.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR GTK+-1.1:
If you intend on installing gtk+-1.1/glib-1.1 you need to be extremely careful how you install this update. Because you most likely have older applications (like the gimp) which need gtk+-1.0, you do not want to use the '-U' option for
rpm to upgrade.
Instead, use the following command:
rpm -ivh gtk+-1.1.x.i386.rpm glib-1.1.x.i386.rpm
Replace the filenames with the actual gtk+/glib package names you are using.
By installing gtk+/glib in this fashion, your older gtk+-1.0 applications will
continue to operate properly
Finally (yes we're almost done!) you want to grab the actual GNOME
distribution. The latest version is always located at
(NOTE: there may not always be versions of all of these packages, depending
upon their development state. Check back later if a package doesn't currently exist. Also, the set of files in the latest/ directory is not at any given time
guaranteed to be in a working state. It normally is, however.)
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