how can I set up a "testing" machine to be able to compile Gnome apps

[stan <stanb@panix.com>]

I'm going to build a machine to use for some video camera work. I will
probably be using the gspy package. 

But, I will most likely need to make a few changes to that application for
my needs. Iv'e installed the deb on a machine, and it works great. But when
I grabed the source tarball and tried to compile it, I got things like:


ing for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found
configure: error: Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by
gnome-libs install


What steps do I need to take to be able to compile Gnome application
packages from source on Debian?


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