[desktop-discuss] Idiot's guide to building Gnome/Nautilus apps/applets?

[James Andrewartha]

W Sanders wrote:
> The post about removing CDE prompts me to ask - is there a idiot's guide to building Gnome/Nautilus apps/applets? This really applies to Solaris 10 - I can't install OpenSolaris yet, the installs all crash on me (on an Ultra 60 - another subject).
> 
> In Solaris 10, I am running the Gnomeified Java Desktop, which I assume is similar, I've tried a couple of applets straight off sourceforge, bleh. 
> 
> For example, "spaceclock" (I **must**have** an analog clock applet):
> 
> $ ./configure
> Using -lpthread
> Couldn't find stlport, be prepared for high CPU load.
> 
> and it just goes downhill from there, can't find gtk-config, etc, etc.

Which C compiler are you using? stlport is in /opt/SUNWspro/lib/stlport4 and
 /opt/SUNWspro/prod/include/CC/stlport4, so you'll need to add those to your
CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS. gtk-config is in /usr/sfw/bin which will need to be in
your PATH.

http://www.davyd.id.au/articles/debugging-gnome-applets.shtml has some
details on debugging, but that's probably not relevant to you yet.

-- 
James Andrewartha