pre-installation configuration

Set an Environment variable to resolve the prefix destination.

If Gnome is your desktop of choice:

export GNOME_PREFIX=/usr

If you want to try-out Gnome:

export GNOME_PREFIX=/opt/gnome-2.2

The try-out group will also need to make all the following configuration changes:

Add to your system or personal profile:

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gnome-2.2/bin export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/gnome-2.2/lib/pkgconfig export GNOME_LIBCONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib

Add to your /etc/ld.so.conf:

cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF" # Begin gnome addition to /etc/ld.so.conf /opt/gnome-2.2/lib # End gnome addition EOF

Add to your /etc/man.conf:

cat >> /etc/man.conf << "EOF" # Begin gnome addition to man.conf MANPATH /opt/gnome-2.2/man # END gnome addition to man.conf EOF