Wow, where to begin. Emerald is a true handful. I wrote a script to rectify the situation during building process PLEASE DO NOT RUN THIS on a running o/s this is made for chroot:
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#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get -y install libtool build-essential intltool libdecoration0-dev libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libwnck-dev
#Install git and autoconf too if you don't have it
sudo apt-get install git autoconf
cd ~
git clone git://anongit.compiz.org/fusion/decorators/emerald
cd emerald
git checkout -b compiz++ origin/compiz++
./autogen.sh
make
make install
cd ~
rm -rf emerald
So time is not the issue, if I can automate a process then so be it. 2 fundamental issues exist here, and I am not going to get into a O/S building primer. There are other sections of this forum for that, many I have written that provide such information.
Issue #1: cd ~ goes to root owner folder. not the /etc/skel/
Which brings up issue 2 the skel I had to clean up by hand and is probably 90% responsibility for all the issues you may witness in Ultimate Edition 3.0. Remastersys played a hand here not by the dev of the product, but an admin. I should have stuck to my roots and knowledge. Little cookie crumbs remain when using that product, which is fine unless pertinent information, yes it carries that too. Do you think any Ultimate Edition would have had a plain black background for a wallpaper?
I have a fairly advanced understanding of how Linux file structure works and that product I consider in infancy, there is no replacement for doing things by hand. To be straight building the skel into a deb is bulletproof, why? Once you install the os let's say I made an error, yes I do make mistakes
Easily fixed none of the files in home are owned by any deb.
I leave with this note: I want to quit building O/S's & return to programming. I have something else on the burner more on that later when I am ready to publicly announce it. Remastersys I was hoping, but is not the answer unless in a totally controlled environment. My next build will be 100% built by me.
So much to do to change the world, so little time. I am, but just 1 man. TheeMahn, but none the less
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