[gcompris-devel] problem installing gcompris on ppc

[Bruno Coudoin]

Le samedi 04 avril 2009 à 11:21 -0700, paul kaiser a écrit :
> i have installed gentoo linux on an imac g3 350 (ppc architecture).
> 
> gcompris (gentoo emerge) runs but it is an earlier release. i would like to install the most current release. during the past two weeks i have installed and re-installed both 8.4.11 and 8.4.12 tarballs from sourceforge. i have not changed any of the default settings (except for trying enable/disable binreloc).
> 
> i continue to get the startup error can not find or load skins/babytoy/....
> 
> i have gcompris running with no problem on an opensuse distribution. searches using google would indicate that this problem has occurred frequently and that patches are available. however, i have not been able to find one as of yet.
> 
> any assistance or direction you can provide woult be most appreciated. the apple imac would be a great educational system for my grandchildren.
> 
> thanks.

When you run GCompris in a console it displays where it assumes to find
the data files. You should check that.

You can also run GCompris from the source by going in the src directory
and running :
./gcompris/gcompris


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