Re: Installing GNUstep make/base/gui/back onto Mandrake 9.1 system.......

[Andy]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:39:14 -0500, David Relson wrote:

> At 08:20 PM 3/28/03, Andy wrote:
> 
>>Hello, i am trying to compile/install these...
>>
>>make 1.6.0
>>base 1.6.0
>>gui  0.8.5
>>back 0.8.5
>>
>>..onto mandrake 9.1, so far i have compiled the 'make' and 'back' packages
>>now, when i try to run  the configure script for 'gui' i get this......
>>
>>configure: error: You must run the GNUstep initialization script first!
>>
>>...what is this and how do i run it?
>>
>>I am trying to get to the point where i can run GNUmail.app as my default
>>mail application in Windowmaker 0.80.2 on Mandrake 9.1.
>>
>>Thx for any help.
>>Andy.
> 
> Andy,
> 
> Not sure if this will help or not, but a couple of weeks ago I 
> built/installed GNUstep on my Mandrake 9.0 system.  The route I took was do 
> download the core.???.tgz file, unpack it, and then run the compile-all 
> script.  That built the packages in appropriate order and worked grat.  I 
> think the bit you need is to run GNUstep.sh (using syntax ". 
> /absolute/path/GNUstep.sh").
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> David

Hi....hmmmmm so 'core'.tgz is make/base/gui/back all in one eh?...damn,
guess i missed that....i may have to try your way out if i can't fix the above.
thx for your time
A.