[plug] Evolution from source

[Cameron Patrick]

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:27:12PM +0800, James Devenish wrote:
| In message <20031208040136.GA1096 at erdos.home>
| on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:01:36PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
| > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:00:40PM +1100, Onno Benschop wrote:
| > | All I want is to know how I can:
| > |       * find the official source for Evolution v1.4.5
| [...]
| > | Why is this so hard?
| 
| Because Ximian wishes to make it hard?
| 
| > |       * compile and install it in such a way that it won't break my
| > |         Debian box
| > |       * have it installed in such a way that I can uninstall it when the
| > |         Debian package comes along.
| [...]
| > | Why is this so hard?
| 
| You could just try downloading the tarball (e.g. using `apt-get source`
| as per Cameron's suggestion) and ./configure it with something like
| --prefix=/usr/local/stow/evolution-1.4.5, so that it installs in a
| self-contained manner.

Yup, I'd forgotten about stow.  I also vaguely recall another system
that was "like stow but better" but its name escapes me.

| The downside is that it might not integrate into
| your desktop with all the bells and whistles, and won't contain
| Debian-specific style patches, but that's probably not a concern if
| you're going to be able to get a proper packaged version in the near
| future.

It will contain the Debian-specific patches if you just "apt-get source".
If you don't want the Debian packages you can un-tar the file that
apt-get download yourself.

| I couldn't guarantee it'd work, but it is sometimes the simplest
| way to make it work. If you're lucky, this will also be automatically
| flexible about its dependencies.