Re: [gcmd-dev] gcmd-devel Digest, Vol 98, Issue 6

[AM Gardner]

On 12/24/2013 12:00 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> Dear users of GNOME Commander,
>
> Some days ago I got a GNOME developer account so I was able to commit
> all the code changes made at GitHub into the GNOME Git repository of
> GCMD.
>
> So I'm happy to inform you that GNOME Commander 1.2.8.16 is released,
> which fixes some bugs and I think will be the last release before GNOME
> Commander 1.4.
>
> You can have a look at all the changes in the source code at
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-commander/log/?h=gcmd-1-2-8
>
> There have been only small changes and code optimization since GCMD
> 1.2.8.15, most of them came from Piotr.
First, let me say a big 'Thank You!' to all those who helped with this 
update.  Fantastic to see it.  I think GCMD is the best file manager 
available, and very under appreciated.  To that point, I'd like to 
suggest that this release be announced on other linux lists (eg, 
ubuntu-users) to maybe increase awareness of GCMD.

Second, I'd like to share my experience installing the upgrade on 
XUbuntu 12.10.  All the following come with the caveat that I am not a 
computer expert, just an average user, so forgive as necessary. Maybe 
this will help others - it is one of the great things about linux - most 
problems can actually be solved by ordinary users, unlike other 
operating systems, with the help of the user base.  And so I'm happy to 
have a chance to contribute my little bit.  I followed the 'simple 
install' instructions in the readme file.

Installing the update was a bit of a pain.  Specifically, './configure' 
failed because of wrong versions of gtk+, libgnome, and glib.  Figuring 
out how to fix these errors wasn't easy for me. I couldn't find the 
needed packages (based on the names given in the error messages) in 
synaptic.  I eventually plodded through the docs supplied with the 
update and found the file "gnome-commander.spec". It gave more exact 
package names, at least for libgnome and glib. To get a newer version of 
GTK+ I installed gnome-devel (~500MB!) - I found that from a google 
search.    So I was set and ran ./configure again with no problems.  
'Make' however ran and ran and ran - I was pretty sure I was seeing the 
same messages over and over, and my /home space decreased by ~200MB.  I 
killed it.  I could not find where that space went, so have not yet 
recovered it.  I ran 'sudo make' on my next try.  It ran, and I started 
to see different messages than I saw with just 'make'.  It finished, no 
errors, and Voila!!   GCMD 1.2.8.16 up and running, with all my 
customizations intact.

I have a handful of GCMD 'anomalies', collected over a couple years of 
use, that I'll figure out how to report.  But again, thank you for this 
update.  I have very seldom been so pleased with a piece of software as 
I am with GCMD.

AMG