Re: GNOME desktop install.
Re: GNOME desktop install.
- Subject: Re: GNOME desktop install.
- From: Brian Durant <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:03:57 +0100
$ xterm -ls -e /sw/bin/gnome
$ gnome
bash: gnome: command not found
$ cd /sw/bin/
$ gnome
bash: gnome: command not found
$ locate gnome
/sw/fink/10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/... (there are a numer of files
with this path)
/sw/lib/fink/mirror/gnome
/sw/share/terminfo/g/gnome
/sw/share/terminfo/g/gnome-rh62
/sw/share/terminfo/g/gnome-rh72
/sw/share/terminfo/g/gnome-rh80
/sw/share/terminfo/g/gnome-rh90
/usr/share/terminfo/67/gnome
/usr/share/zsh/4.2.3/functions/_gnome-gv
As I stated in my last posting, I can't find 'gnome' in the '/sw/bin/'
path. As you can see above, xterm doesn't seem to be able to find it either.
Cheers,
Brian
Jonathan Prescott wrote:
Going back to your terminal and xterm paths, your Xterm path is the
standard built-in path that allows Xterm to be minimally functional.
Your terminal path is what would be expected when running your login
scripts. When you invoke xterm, you need to run "xterm -ls ". This
causes Xterm to startup as a "login shell", which runs your .profile,
.bashrc, etc., scripts during its startup. This should cause your
Xterm path to include the /sw chain.
Note that since XDroplet is an Aqua application, it inherits the
environment from the user login process, which is NOT the terminal,
bash, or xterm environments. If you are using an xterm shell to run
Gnome (i.e., xterm -e /sw/bin/gnome) within the droplet, you need to
revamp it as xterm -ls -e /sw/bin/gnome.
Jonathan
On Mar 6, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Brian Durant wrote:
Nope, '/sw/bin/gnome' doesn't work. I ran '/sw/bin/gnome' and then
logged out and back in again. I also followed the advice at <http://
fink.sourceforge.net/doc/users-guide/install.php#setup> and viewed my
~/.profile file, which contains:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
. /sw/bin/init.sh
test -r /sw/bin/init.sh && . /sw/bin/init.sh
test -r /sw/bin/init.sh && . /sw/bin/init.sh
Any more ideas? I am at a loss. I have a "gnome-desktop" folder in /
swr/share/doc as well as one in /swr/share/omf, but I don't really
know what I am looking for here (newbie).
Cheers,
Brian
Allen Bennettt wrote:
"/sw/bin/gnome" should work regardless of your path or shell. Your
fink installation is in /sw so your xterm will not understand
commands installed by Fink. Running in terminal "/sw/ bin/gnome"
(then logout of your user and back in) is supposed to set the
correct path for xterm or look at http:// fink.sourceforge.net/
doc/users-guide/install.php#setup. for more info.
Allen Bennett
email@hidden
On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:00 AM, Brian Durant wrote:
I am using bash. OK, here is the output:
Terminal:
$ echo $PATH
/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/ usr/
X11R6/bin
Xterm:
$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
This is different, right? It looks different to me. What can I do
about this? (I am a newbie to all of this command line stuff.)
Cheers,
Brian
Allen Bennettt wrote:
What happens when you enter "echo $PATH" in terminal? is it
different in Xterm? did you set Fink up to use bash or tcsh?
-Allen Bennettt
email@hidden
Dyslexia means never having to say that you're yrros.
On Mar 5, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Brian Durant wrote:
I have just installed the latest binary version of the GNOME
desktop with Fink. I received the following:
"The following user entries will be added to your NetInfo database:
news:*:250:250::0:0:News Server:/dev/null:/dev/null
postgres:*:252:252::0:0:PostgreSQL Database Server:/dev/null:/
dev/ null
games:*:253:253::0:0:Game Files Owner:/dev/null:/dev/null
canna:*:254:254::0:0:Canna Japanese Input Server:/dev/null:/dev/ null
tomcat:*:257:257::0:0:Tomcat Servlet Engine:/sw/var/tomcat4:/ dev/
null
opennms:*:259:259::0:0:OpenNMS Network Management:/sw/var/
opennms:/ dev/null
distcc:*:262:262::0:0:distcc daemon,,,:/sw/var/spool/distcc:/ dev/
null
The following group entries will be added to your NetInfo database:
news:*:250:
postgres:*:252:postgres
games:*:253:
canna:*:254:
maildrop:*:256:
tomcat:*:257:
opennms:*:259:
distcc:*:262:distcc,root
Existing entries with these names or numbers will be overwritten or
otherwise affected by this. On the other hand, some Fink
packages will
not work unless these entries are in the NetInfo database. You
can make
adjustments to the files /sw/etc/passwd-fink and
/sw/etc/group-fink now (from another window), then say yes here. Or
you can say no here and add the users and groups manually (e.g.
on your
central NetInfo server). If you don't know what all of this is
about,
just say yes.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Merging user info...
Merging group info...
Done."
I chose "yes", as I didn't think I had any apps that were
affected by the above, but when I try to start the GNOME
desktop with XDroplets, I get the message that "gnome" doesn't
appear in my path. Bash returns "bash: gnome: command not
found" regarless of whether I try 'gnome' 'run gnome' or 'start
gnome'. My "old" GNOME based apps like AbiWord, StarDict,
Gedit, etc. still work fine, so I am having a hard time finding
what the problem is. Anyone have any ideas?
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