[Comm-en] Gnome desktop

D&J Bouley djbouley at shaw.ca
Wed Jan 14 15:35:45 MSK 2004


> D&J Bouley wrote:
> 
> > Yes, when I bring up Synaptic and search for Gnome, I get a list of four
> >
> >files (listed under the "Graphical Desktop/GNOME" package group):
> >GConf2, gnome-settings, icons-BlueSphere, and ibGConf2.  Each are listed
> >as "Installed Versions" although "gnome-settings" has an Inst. Size of
> >zero.
> >  
> >
> Oh, these packages are only minor components of GNOME, which are 
> included because they are used by the other packages in Compact. For 
> example, gnome-settings is used to manage GTK2 themes, even if it is not 
> run from within GNOME.
> 
> The core GNOME2 libraries and applications are missing there.
> 
> >I should be able to manage that.  Can I just simply add the Sisyphus
> >"base" repositories to the enabled Synaptic list?  This would be the URI
> >"ftp://ftp.altlinux.com/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus.
> >
> >  
> >
> Well, can you select 'Preferences -> Repositories' in your Synaptic 
> menu? And choose the appropriate repositories from there?

That's what I'll do.  Thanks! :)

David.

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