Our configure script can tell you if you are missing some
libraries that root-portal needs, but there are a few libraries that
it doesn't check or if it does check, then it doesn't check the
version (we still aren't 100% familiar with autoconf). So if you have
problems when compiling (or if you get binaries from somewhere, and
have problems when installing/running), then you should check to make
sure you have fairly recent versions of the following libraries:
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GTK+
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GNOME
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ZVT (usually comes with GNOME)
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GNOME-XML (it seems that autoconf doesn't check this at the moment)
You'll need version 1.x (version 2.x isn't supported at present)
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libstdc++ (root-portal is written in C++ so you'll need this)
When compiling from source you will need "dev" (development) versions of the above packages, as well as the actual libraries.
You don't need to be running GNOME to use root-portal, but you do need
to have the libraries installed. We may in the future make
compilation without GNOME possible. The --without-gnome option
doesn't actually work. It used to in older versions but because
new versions (since 0.4.x) use the GNOME-XML for the config file it
hasn't been possible to continue this option. If you are unable
to get GNOME on your system you might try a 0.3.x version, available from our
ftp site (not
from the main downloads page). The old version doesn't have a config tool, so
it will be significantly harder to configure.
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