How Can I Get A Stable Pure GNOME-2.0 System?
(1.) Which General Libraries And Tools Are Required By GNOME?
(2.) Which Libraries And Tools Shall I Install In Which Order To Get The «GNOME 2.0 Development Platform»?
(3.) Which Libraries And Tools Shall I Install In Which Order To Get The «GNOME 2.0 Core Application Platform»?

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Which Of Those Libraries And Tools Normally Being Offered By The Distribution Are Required By GNOME?
    Package Version Purpose Hints
» 1. autoconf 2.53 An extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code package
» 2. automake 1.6.2 A tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards
» 3. libtool 1.4.2 A generic library support script.
» 4. popt 1.6.4 The commandline evaluation library.
» 5. gettext 0.11.2 The internalization library / tool.
» 6.a python 2.2 An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
» 6.b pyxml 0.7 Python Xml Tools
» 7. freetype2 2.0.8 Library for font-handling
» 8. db3 3.1.17 Berkeley db library required by evolution
» 9. mozilla 1.0.0 Mozilla rendering machine used by nautilus and galeon
» 10. pkgconfig 0.12 GNOME-2.0-pre-location for version 0.10: A system for managing library compile/link flags that works with automake and autoconf
» 11. openjade 1.3.1 Tools for generating and evaluating docbook documentations
» 12. opensp 1.4 Tools for generating and evaluating docbook documentations
» 13. docbook ~ You need at least the dtd
» 14. pilot-link 0.9.5 Basic library for establish connections between pilots and linux computers (not GNOME specific, but required by gnome-pilot (and jpilot)

Which Libraries And Tools Shall I Install In Which Order To Get The «GNOME 2.0 Development Platform»?
    Package Version Purpose Hints
» 1. glib 2.0.3 Basic library for beeing able to compute indipendent C applications.
» 2. pango 1.0.2 The UTF-Internationalization library. See also http://www.pango.org/ (use «configure --prefix=$INSTPATH --enable-FT2»)
» 3. atk 1.0.2 ???
» 4. gtk+ 2.0.3 The GIMP Tool Kit Library
» 5. libxml2 2.4.22 Library for managing xml documents
» 6. libxslt 1.0.18 Library for managing the conversion of xml documents
» 7. libglade 2.0.0 Library for loading glade interface files into a program at runtime.
» 8. libart_lgpl 2.3.8 Library for high-performance 2D graphics.
» 9. libgnomecanvas 2.0.1 Addon library.
» 10. libIDL 0.8.0 Library for creating trees of CORBA Interface Definition Language (IDL) files.
» 11. linc 0.5 Library for easing the writing of networked servers & clients.
» 12. ORBit2 2.4.0 Corba for GNOME.
» 13. intltool 0.22 Skripts for managing some internatiolization task / steps during the development process
» 14. gnome-common 1.2.4 Collection of sample files usable for building GNOME applications
» 15. GConf 1.1.11 GNOME configuration database system.
» 16. bonobo-activation 1.0.0 Renamed OAF (Object Activation Framework) library for GNOME
» 17. libbonobo 2.0.0 The GNOME component and compound document system
» 18. gnome-mime-data 2.0.0 The MIME and Application database
» 19. gnome-vfs 2.0.0 The GNOME Virtual File System
» 20. audiofile 0.2.3 Audio file library.
» 21. esound 0.2.27 The Enlightened Sound Daemon
» 22. libgnome 2.0.1 The main GNOME library.
» 23. libbonoboui 2.0.0 Addon for libbonobo.
» 24. libgnomeui 2.0.1 Addon for libgnome.
» 25. libgnomeprint 1.115.0 GNOME printing library
» 26. libgnomeprintui 1.115.0 Addon for the GNOME printing library
» 27. gail 0.16 The GNOME accesssibility interface library
» 29. at-spi 1.0.1 The assistive technolgy service provider interface of the GNOME accesssibility interface library.
» 30. libgail-gnome 1.0.0 The GNOME Accessinility Implementation Library
» 31 scrollkeeper 0.3.9 The open documentaion cataloging system
» 32. libgtop 2.0.0 Library for reading system- and process informations.
» 27. glade 1.1.0 The GNOME Interface Builder: Not mentioned in the GNOME-2.0 snapshots but in the dependeny diagram

Which Libraries And Tools Shall I Install In Which Order To Get The «GNOME 2.0 Core Application Platform»?
    Package Version Purpose Hints
» 1. gnome-desktop 2.0.0 Library containing API's that really belong in libgnome/libgnomeui and some core GNOME files.
» 2. eel 2.0.0 The Eazel extensions library
» 3. librsvg 1.1.6 Addon for nautilus
» 4. nautilus 2.0.0 The/A GNOME Filemanager
» 5. libgtkhtml 2.0.0 Html Presentation Library?
» 6. yelp 1.0.0 The new GNOME help browser
» 7. eog 1.0.0 Eye of GNOME
» 8. libwnck 0.14 Window Navigator Construction Kit
» 9. gnome-panel 2.0.0 The GNOME panel.
» 10. gnome-session 2.0.0 GNOME session manager.
» 11. gnome-applets 2.0.0 The GNOME applications running in the panel.
» 12. control-center 2.0.0 The GNOME configuration center.
» 13. gnome-utils 1.109.0 The little GNOME tools.
» 14. libzvt2 1.99999.0 Library required by gnome-terminal
» 15. gnome-terminal 2.0.0 The GNOME default terminal.
» 16. gnome-games 2.0.0 Don't be too serious.
» 17. gnome-media 2.0.0 The basic media tools
» 18. gnome-system-monitor 2.0.0 The new system monitor (aka procman)
» 19. librep 20020611 Lisp Library
» 20. rep-gtk 20020611 Gtk bindings for librep.
» 21. sawfish 20020611 Windowmanager
» 22. metatheme 0.9.7 Tool for collecting and managing "theme sets"
» 23. gedit2 1.199.0 Simple Editor
» 24. gdm 2.4.0 GNOME display manager.
» 25. bug-buddy 2.1.6 Bug messenger (Not mentioned in the GNOME dependency diagramm but offered by the GNOME-2.0 beta directory)
» 26. gtk-doc 0.9 gtk documentation
» 27. gtk-engines 1.9.0 Gtk Themes
» 28. gconf-editor 0.2 Gtk Themes

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