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--=-=--
-DrakX is a very big project, and it needs special setups to work.
-The purpose of this file is to explain how you can setup your box to make it
-compile and run.
--=-=--
-
-Beware, don't try this on a production machine with important data.
-
-
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Sources installation:
-
- First grab the gi.tar.bz2 archive and untar it in your home directory,
-for example from DrakX-*.src.rpm on your Mandrake Linux distribution.
-
-cd to gi
-for i in `du -a | grep CVS/Root | cut -f 2`
-do
- sed -e 's/prigaux/anoncvs/' $i > $i.tmp
- mv $i.tmp $i
-done
-
-Then, log yourself into the cvs:
-% export CVS_RSH=ssh
-% export CVSROOT=:ext:anoncvs@cvs.mandrakesoft.com:/cooker
-% cvs checkout gi
- (passwd: 'cvs')
-And update the gi package:
-cvs update -P -d
-
-
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-Preparing the compilation process:
-
-(1) target directory
-
-create a /export directory and copy a recent Mandrake Linux CD in there.
-(You don't have to put have all the RPMS...) ; you'll need roughly 1.5
-Gbytes for a full install.
-
-[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi] su -c "mkdir /export"
-
-
-(2) devel packages
-
-you need quite a few devel packages to run the stuff; roughly: gcc, make,
-glibc-devel, perl-devel, XFree86-devel, libglib-devel, libgtk+-devel,
-perl-GTK, ldetect*, libslang-devel, libnewt-devel, e2fsprogs, dosfstools,
-rpm-devel, popt-devel, rpmtools.
-
-
-(3) sudo
-
-never build or run DrakX as root; install package sudo, and set up
-relevant permissions; the following should be enough: (in your
-/etc/sudoers)
-
-gc ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/patch,NOPASSWD:/bin/rpm,NOPASSWD:/bin/mount,NOPASSWD:/bin/cp,NOPASSWD:/bin/umount,NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/install,NOPASSWD:/bin/rm,NOPASSWD:/bin/mv,NOPASSWD:/bin/tar,NOPASSWD:/bin/cpio,NOPASSWD:/bin/chown,NOPASSWD:/bin/mkdir,NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/strip
-
-
-(4) boot kernel
-
-you need one or more kernels and (all?) their modules. it's located in
-subdirectory "all.kernels" in DrakX-*.src.rpm ; if you ever grab (or
-build) another boot kernel, replace or add an entry in "all.kernels" as:
-
- (a) create your modules subdir (useful to describe the
- VERSION_RELEASE) and untar your kernel
-
-[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi/all.kernels] mkdir 2.4.1-BOOTcustom
-[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi/all.kernels] cd 2.4.1-BOOTcustom
-[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi/all.kernels/2.4.1-BOOTcustom] tar jxvf ~/mycustomkernel.tar.bz2
-[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi/all.kernels/2.4.1-BOOTcustom] ls
-boot/ cardmgr/ lib/
-
- (c) build kernel/modules stuff for stage1 and stage2
-[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi] ./update_kernel
-
-
-(5) pray
-
-[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi] make
-
-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-The comments written with #- are automatically stripped out at install.
-
-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-testing all:
-
- go to the perl-install directory and execute ./g_auto_install --test
-
- You should be able to test the whole thing in a non-destructive way.
-
-NEVER compile and/or execute DrakX as root!
-
-
-
-
-Here is how I (dams) made it work on my computer.
--------------------------------------------------
-
-- get the sources
-- install the librairies needed included newt-devel gtk+-devel popt-devel popt gtk-engines
-- cd path/to/gi
-- make
-- mkdir /usr/share/gtk
-- ln -s path/to/gi/perl-install/share/themes /usr/share/gtk
-- ln -s path/to/gi/perl-install/share/step-* /usr/share
-- ln -s path/to/gi/perl-install/share/help.xpm /usr/share
-- ln -s path/to/gi/perl-install/share/isdn* /etc/sysconfdir/network-scripts
-- have a cd architecture linked on /export
-- ln -s /export /tmp/rhimage
-- export PERL_INSTALL_TEST=1
-- cd path/to/gi/perl-install
-- gendistrib --noclean --distrib /export
-- ./install2 in root (dangerous) or chmod a+r /dev/hd* and ./install2 in user
-
-
-
-address all bugreports to dave@null.com