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External Dependencies of GNOME 2.27.x

This page lists the versions of external dependencies that GNOME modules may depend upon, as well as a recommended version of each dependency. GNOME modules must build with the "minimum version" listed.

This page can be updated at any time by the release-team. Others outside the release team can update the micro version number of modules if:

If you want to add a new dependency or want one of the minimum versions updated, make a good case for it on desktop-devel-list (this may only require a few sentences). In particular, provide reasons why it is important to bump the version number, explain any impact (compile and run time) on other modules, and list any additional external dependencies it would pull in as well as any requirements on newer versions of existing external dependencies. Be prepared for others to take a few days to test it (in particular, to ensure it builds) before giving a thumbs up or down. Recommended versions can be updated similarly.

If a module depends on either a new external dependency not listed here or a newer version of an external dependency than the minimum version listed here, we may revert to an older version of that module for this GNOME development cycle (which may result in reversions of other modules too). The development version of that module can again be used once either this page is updated by the release-team or the new(er) external dependency is made optional.

If you have proposed newer modules, there appears to be general consensus for your proposals, and the release team hasn't responded within a week, please send an email to release-team@ asking that we update this page. We tend to give people time to respond, but then unfortunately forget to update things.

Proposed Additional or Newer Dependencies

Module

Notes

Status

Devicekit-disks

used by gvfs, too low-level for JHBuild (581515)

proposal accepted

WebKit

used by Epiphany and devhelp

proposal accepted

libchamplain

used by Empathy and EOG-plugins

proposal accepted

icontool

to be used by gnome-icon-theme and others

proposed rejected

Current Dependencies

Module

Minimum Version #

Recommended Version #

Download location

avahi

0.6.22

0.6.25

http://avahi.org/download/

Berkeley DB (libdb)

4.5.20

4.5.20

http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/db/

cairo

1.7.6

1.8.8

http://cairographics.org/releases/

cairomm

1.2.2

1.6.2

http://cairographics.org/releases/

clutter

1.0.0

same

http://www.clutter-project.org/sources/clutter/1.0

clutter-gtk

0.10.2

same

http://www.clutter-project.org/sources/clutter-gtk/0.10

conduit

0.3.14

same

http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/conduit/

dbus

1.1.2

1.2.12

http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/

dbus-glib

0.76

0.80

http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-glib/

dbus-python

0.80.2

0.83.0

http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/

desktop-file-utils

0.10

0.15

http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/

Devicekit-disks

008

same

http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/

Devicekit-power

008

same

http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/

enchant

1.2.5

1.4.2

http://www.abisource.com/downloads/enchant/1.4.2/enchant-1.4.2.tar.gz

expat

1.95.8

2.0.1

http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/expat/expat-2.0.1.tar.gz

farsight2

0.0.7

0.0.9

http://farsight.freedesktop.org/releases/farsight2/

fontconfig

2.6.0

same

http://www.fontconfig.org/release/

gamin

0.1.8

0.1.10

http://download.gnome.org/sources/gamin/0.1/gamin-0.1.10.tar.bz2

gnutls

2.4.2

2.6.5

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gnutls/

gpgme

1.0.0

1.1.7

ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/

gtk-vnc

0.3.9

same

http://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk-vnc/

hal

0.5.10

0.5.11

http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/

hicolor-icon-theme

0.10

same

http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases/

icon-naming-utils

0.8.90

same

http://tango.freedesktop.org/releases/

intltool

0.37.1

0.40.6

http://download.gnome.org/sources/intltool/

iso-codes

0.53

3.8

ftp://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/pub/pkg-isocodes/

libcanberra

0.8

0.12

http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libcanberra/

libchamplain

0.4

same

http://download.gnome.org/sources/libchamplain/

libcolorblind

0.01

same

http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/1952/colorblind-0.0.1.tar.gz

libcroco

0.6.1

0.6.2

http://download.gnome.org/sources/libcroco/0.6/

libgda

3.99.12

same

http://download.gnome.org/sources/libgda/

libgdata

0.3

same

http://download.gnome.org/sources/libgdata/

libggz, ggz-client-libs

0.0.14

same

http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/releases/0.0.14/

libgpg-error

1.4

1.6

http://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/

libgcrypt

1.4.1

1.4.4

http://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/

libgsf

1.14.5

1.14.11

http://download.gnome.org/sources/libgsf/

libical

0.43

same

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=16077

libmapi

0.8.2

same

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=94536&package_id=229428

libmusicbrainz

2.1.3

2.1.5

http://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/

libnotify

0.4.5

same

http://galago-project.org/files/releases/source/libnotify/

liboil

0.3.14

0.3.16

http://liboil.freedesktop.org/download/

libproxy

0.2.3

same

http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/downloads/list

libtasn1

0.3.4

1.8

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/releases/libtasn1/

libxklavier

4.0

4.0

http://download.gnome.org/sources/libxklavier/

libunique

1.1.2

1.1.2

http://download.gnome.org/sources/libunique/

libxml2

2.7.3

2.7.3

ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/

libxslt

1.1.22

1.1.24

ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/

Mono.Addins

0.4

same

http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/sources/mono-addins/

mozilla (firefox)

2.0 (xulrunner-1.8.1 was never released)

3.0.2

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0/source/

ndesk-dbus

0.6.0

same

http://www.ndesk.org/archive/ndesk-dbus/

ndesk-dbus-glib

0.4.1

same

http://www.ndesk.org/archive/ndesk-dbus/

nspr

4.7.3

same

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/nspr/releases/

nss

3.12

same

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/

opal

3.6.4

same

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=204472

pkg-config

0.21

0.23

http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/

polkit-gtk

0.92

same

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PolicyKit

pulseaudio

0.9.15

0.9.16

http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/DownloadPulseAudio

poppler

0.11.0

same

http://poppler.freedesktop.org/

pycairo

1.2.2

1.8.2

http://cairographics.org/releases/

ptlib

2.6.4

same

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=204472

Python

2.5.2

same

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/

rarian

0.8.0

0.8.1

http://rarian.freedesktop.org/Releases/

shared-mime-info

0.22

0.60

http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/

sqlite

3.6.16

same

http://www.sqlite.org/

startup-notification

0.9

same

http://download.gnome.org/sources/startup-notification/

swfdec

0.8.0

0.8.0

http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/download/swfdec/

system-tools-backends

2.8

2.8.1

http://download.gnome.org/sources/system-tools-backends/

telepathy-glib

0.7.35

0.9.1

http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/telepathy-glib/

telepathy-mission-control

5.20

same

http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/telepathy-mission-control/

WebKit

1.1.11

same

http://webkitgtk.org/?page=download

Xorg dependencies? ...

How to choose between Libgda and SQLite?

Known Dependencies of our Dependencies

Module

Minimum Version #

Recommended Version #

Download location

Dependency of...

libatasmart

0.12

same

--

DeviceKit-disks (proposed)

libdaemon

0.12

0.13

http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/

avahi

libnice

0.0.8

same

http://nice.freedesktop.org/

farsight

pixman

0.12

0.14.0

http://cairographics.org/releases/

cairo

samba4

libmapi


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