Re: [gcmd-usr] gnome-commander on newer OS versions

[Uwe Scholz]

Hi,

if things develop in the same direction I will probably have more time
to work on Gcmd in the next months... Lets see. ^_^

Am Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:02:58 +0000 schrieb kht-lists via gcmd-devel:
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Monday, April 20, 2020 2:11 PM, kht-lists via gcmd-devel
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Hello and I hope all are doing well during the virus situation
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone has built/installed g-c on RHEL/CentOS 8
> > or Ubuntu Mate 20.04? I am at the moment testing the beta image for
> > Ubuntu Mate 20.04 and it is going well. g-c and scanning
> > software/drivers for my ancient multi-function printer/scanner are
> > the last bits I need to test (I think).
> >
> > Ken Taylor
> >
> > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
> >
> 
> Well if you want it done I guess you have to do it yourself :-)
> Following the instructions on the g-c web site for compiling g-c on
> Ubuntu - which I am afraid I am responsible for :-( I found that the
> following packages are not available in the Ubuntu Mate 20.04 repos:
> 
> E: Unable to locate package libgnome-2.0
> E: Unable to locate package libgnomeui-dev

Oh nooo, that's a pity. But luckily I already started coding away at
least from libgnomeui. It is still some effort to be done, I cannot say
how much time I will need to complete. I think I completed ~20% of it
now. Libgnome-2.0 should follow.

> I think these are probably quite old and probably obsolete. Does that
> mean that a significant re-write of the g-c program is needed? 

That's right. There is still hope as the gnome developer documentation
has some migration guides for the deprecated libgnomeui. There are some
examples given, but I have to dig a bit, it takes some time... For
libgnome-2.0 I did not have a look. Volunteers are welcome! :)

> That determination is beyond the scope of my knowledge. There had
> been some discussion in the past of building a g-c Flatpack. I have
> installed ONE flatpack but have no idea how to build one. Perhaps it
> is time that I learn.

There was one guy who showed interest in creating a flatpack for Gcmd,
but I did not receive an update on his work. 

> Ken

Sidenote: Fedora still provides a package of Gnome Commander:
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/gnome-commander/overview/

> _______________________________________________
> gcmd-devel mailing list
> address@hidden
> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcmd-devel



-- 
Ein Abschied schmerzt immer, auch wenn man sich schon lange darauf
freut.
                -- Arthur Schnitzler