Orca Master

[José Vilmar Estácio de Souza]

Hi Robert,
No, you do not need uninstall the version of orca which came with ubuntu 
11.10.
Also you do not need recompile the latest at-spi2 components, although I 
suspect that if you do, probably you'll get rid of some bugs.
I didn't recompile.

On 01/25/2012 08:10 AM, Robert cole wrote:
> Thank you very much for that, José. I rally appreciate you taking the
> time to post this.
>
> Now, do I need to uninstall the version of Orca which came with Ubuntu
> 11.10 (version 3.2.1) or can I run either of the both of them? Also, do
> I need to get and compile the latest at-spi2 components (i.e. pyatspi2,
> at-spi2-core, etc) or will the current versions suffice?
>
> Once I get everything together, I will try and write up a tutorial for
> others who are interested in doing this if it would be helpful to others
> (I personally know of a few people who would love to know how to do this).
>
> Thanks again. Your information is much appreciated.
>
> On 01/25/2012 12:31 AM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
>> Hi Robert
>> Here are the steps that I took to compile orca on ubuntu 11.10.
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-orca
>> sudo apt-get install gnome-common
>>
>> The next commands are necessary to update the version of
>> python-gobject. Orca needs version 3.0.2 or above and ubuntu 11.10
>> comes with version 3.0.0.
>>
>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get upgrade
>>
>> git clone git://git.gnome.org/orca orca
>> cd orca
>> ./configure
>> ./autogen.sh
>> make
>> sudo make install
>>
>> orca will be installed in /usr/local
>>
>> On 01/25/2012 01:40 AM, Robert cole wrote:
>>> Hello, everyone.
>>>
>>> I am running Ubuntu 11.10 along with Orca version 3.2.1.
>>>
>>> I see that a lot of Ubuntu 11.10 users are happily using Orca Master
>>> (which I believe is version 3.3.5pre).
>>>
>>> About a month or more ago I asked on the Orca list how to get and build
>>> Orca Master from the GNOME Git repository. At that time, however, I was
>>> running Linux Mint 12. Someone pointed me to the Orca Wiki's
>>> Download/Install page [1]. I followed the instructions there, and I
>>> completely broke my Linux Mint 12 system. I know that the Wiki is going
>>> through an update process, and I (now) know that the instructions for
>>> obtaining Orca Master located there are out-of-date, as I believe they
>>> are in reference to Orca pre-GNOME 3.
>>>
>>> Is there an updated guide somewhere for getting and building the latest
>>> Orca Master branch? It does not seem like it would be that difficult (as
>>> the instructions on the Wiki page were explained quite well). I really
>>> want to try and build Orca Master again, but the right way. If there is
>>> an updated guide, where would I find it?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help which you are able to provide.
>>>
>>> Take care.
>>>
>>> [1] http://live.gnome.org/Orca/DownloadInstall
>>>
>>
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