iPod Nano

[Chris Aitken]

JoeHill wrote:
> Chris Aitken wrote: 
>
>   
>> JoeHill wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>     
>>> This is the way I did it:
>>>
>>> 0. Install libmp4v2-devel so that gtkpod is build with support for...well,
>>> mp4. 
>>>       
>> [root at p733 chris]# yum install libmp4v2-devel
>> <snip>
>> Transaction Test Succeeded
>> Running Transaction
>>   Installing: libmp4v2-devel               ######################### [1/1]
>>
>> Installed: libmp4v2-devel.i386 0:1.5.0.1-3.fc7
>> Complete!
>>     
>
> Cool. As long as you can grab the basic devel packages, you'll be fine.
>
>   
>>> 1. Grab libgpod svn:
>>>
>>> svn co https://gtkpod.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gtkpod/libgpod/trunk
>>> libgpod 
>>>       
>> Okay - I ran that command.
>> [root at p733 chris]# svn co 
>> https://gtkpod.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gtkpod/libgpod/trunk libgpod
>> A    libgpod/m4/swig.m4
>> A    libgpod/m4/Makefile.am
>>  U   libgpod/m4
>> A    libgpod/libgpod-1.0.pc.in
>> A    libgpod/AUTHORS
>> A    libgpod/README.SysInfo
>>
>> <big snip>
>>
>> A    libgpod/po/POTFILES.in
>> A    libgpod/po/POTFILES.skip
>> A    libgpod/po/ro.po
>>  U   libgpod
>> Checked out revision 1758.
>>
>>     
>>> *Important* read the README.sysinfo file and follow the instructions.
>>>
>>> ...then build and install the usual way*   
>>>       
>> I don't have a "usual way"  - I'm brave but uninformed.
>>     
>
> The asterisk led to the instrucions ;)
>
>   
>>> (I used ./configure --prefix=/usr)
>>>     
>>>       
>> Well, the brave part of me would just cd into the lipgpod directory 
>> (that was created in my home directory) and run
>>     
>
> As long as you don't run anything in there as root, you can do no harm. The
> only thing you will run as root is the 'make install'. If by some quirk that
> were to cause a problem or just not work, you can then just do 'make
> uninstall' and any files installed will be...uninstalled.
>
> So, it's like this:
>
> 1. ./autogen.sh
>
> 2. ./configure --prefix=/usr
>
> 3. make
>
> 4. as root, make install
>
>   
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr)
>>
>>
>> Is that what I should do?
>>     
>
> ./autogen.sh first.
>   
Are you sure I don't run that as root? I'm getting 'permission denied'.

Chris

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