I have asked about this before, but I don't have a workable answer yet. I would like to know if there is a way to install a more recent GNOME package on CentOS 5.x than 2.16.0. 1) GNOME Bugzilla does not support this version any more - all bugs go into the bit bucket. 2) Having been exposed to Fedora 8 at work and seeing how much more flexible GNOME 2.22 is, I would REALLY like to take a shot at using it on my CentOS systems. 3) I asked about this on the GNOME list and I was told I should build it, and that jhbuild or garnome would do the job for me. This has not been my experience - both of them have major hangups building on my home desktop (the 64-bit hybrid CentOS 5.1 environment). 4) Johnny suggested I try mock to build in a chroot, pure 64-bit environment. I was unable to locate a mock that actually installed and worked on my system. (Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm the only person for whom this does not work. Heard it, can't believe it, must be doing something most others don't, whatever.... ;*) I have trouble believing that the ONLY ways to get a newer GNOME are to wait for CentOS 6, run a different distro (not likely) or build it myself. This is Linux, after all, isn't it? (That's a rhetorical question - no answer required, unless those /really are/ the only options....) TIA. mhr
MHR wrote:> I have trouble believing that the ONLY ways to get a newer GNOME are > to wait for CentOS 6, run a different distro (not likely) or build it > myself. This is Linux, after all, isn't it? (That's a rhetorical > question - no answer required, unless those /really are/ the only > options....)What would you expect? CentOS is based off of RHEL, which tries to stick to older more stable/tested software. Your using the wrong distribution if you want the latest and greatest. Use Ubuntu, Fedora, or something else. As a casual user I'm happy with the gnome that comes with my Debian Etch install which seems to be somewhere around 2.14-2.16, and whatever version comes with Ubuntu 7.10(haven't turned that laptop on in a couple of months). Really, what did you expect? Do you expect folks out there to constantly build the latest & greatest for a "stable" distribution that consists primarily of users that don't want the latest & greatest (which is why they use that distribution in the first place). nate
MHR wrote:> I have trouble believing that the ONLY ways to get a newer GNOME are > to wait for CentOS 6, run a different distro (not likely) or build it > myself. This is Linux, after all, isn't it? (That's a rhetorical > question - no answer required, unless those /really are/ the only > options....)I am not sure you can have your cake and eat it too on a single machine. At the very least, building a newer Gnome for CentOS 5 sounds like a big timesink. There are probably all kinds of library issues. If you'd like the latest desktop apps, then perhaps it would be easier to choose Fedora or Ubuntu for your desktop, and connect to your more stable CentOS 5 servers remotely. Or, run Fedora or Ubuntu in a VM. Dan
Mhr wrote on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:48:05 -0700:> I have trouble believing that the ONLY ways to get a newer GNOME are > to wait for CentOS 6, run a different distro (not likely) or build it > myself. This is Linux, after all, isn't it?If you do not need CentOS for the reasons that most here use it then why don't you use Fedora if that gives you what you want? No one will be angry about you ;-) Kai -- Kai Sch?tzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com