From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Mar 02 2003 - 11:45:28 EST
--- F J Franklin <F.J.Franklin@sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 John@Kungfu-tse.net wrote:
> > 1 the configure told me that wv would not
> provide wmf to png facility (I
> > compiled 1.0.3 with libwmf and all went well)
>
> Please just ignore that warning.
This is a meaningless warning for abi.
> > 2 It said jpeg support was compiled in but Abi
> will not display jpegs
>
> Can't help with this, sorry.
This configure check needs to be removed, and you need
to install one of:
1) GdkPixbuf
2) ImageMagick
3) JPEG
Plugins.
> > 3 It would not compile with gnome, saying it
> needed gal-2.0, which despite the
> > most valiant efforts of Mr Google does not appear
> to exist anywhere on the
> > planet!
>
> It exists. Fear not. Try
> ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gal2-0/0.0
> (maybe) - or just build w/o GNOME.
More like:
ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gal/1.99/gal-1.99.1.tar.bz2
Better yet, get the CVS version. Besides, The Gnome
build of 1.1.3 doesn't even compile, let alone work.
CVS version with Gnome support rocks the Casbah.
> > 4 It needed all sorts of extra stuff for Xft but
> I can probably sort that out
> > later when I am not so tired with it all.
> Upgrading to Mandrake 9 has not been
> > a fun experience!
>
> Xft - why not wait for Mandrake 9.1? That should
> have a working Xft2.
We require Xft2. If you don't have it, well toughies.
> well. Remember of course that this is a development
> series...
Amen.
Dom
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