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# libnotify 0.4.2
# ===============
# gawk
# grep
# sed
# pkg-config
# D-Bus

cd
test -f installed/libnotify-0.4.2.tar.bz2 &&
mv installed/libnotify-0.4.2.tar.bz2 .
test ! -f libnotify-0.4.2.tar.bz2 &&
wget http://www.galago-project.org/files/releases/source/libnotify/\
libnotify-0.4.2.tar.bz2
mkdir -p -m 0700 src
cd src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "libnotify-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xjvf ~/libnotify-0.4.2.tar.bz2
cd libnotify-0.4.2
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .
./configure
make

# Become root to install it
su

rm -f /usr/local/lib/libnotify.*
make install
ldconfig

# Become yourself again
exit

cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/libnotify-*.tar.*
mv libnotify-0.4.2.tar.bz2 installed/

# If you ever want to uninstall libnotify, this should do it:
cd
su
test -d src/libnotify-* && ( cd src/libnotify-* ; make uninstall )
rm -f /usr/local/bin/notify-send /usr/local/lib/libnotify.* \
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libnotify.pc
test -d /usr/local/include/libnotify && rm -r /usr/local/include/libnotify
test -d /usr/local/share/gtk-doc/html/libnotify &&
rm -r /usr/local/share/gtk-doc/html/libnotify
ldconfig
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "libnotify-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/libnotify-*.tar.*