GARNOME was a build utility for the GNOME Desktop.
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It began as a project to allow users to build the GNOME desktop, without falling victim to the depravities of CVS, non-standard build tools and other forms of co-dependence.
It is based on the GAR ports system developed by Nick Moffitt. It builds the latest GNOME Desktop tarball releases, and includes extra GNOME 2.x software to provide users with a comfortable and complete desktop environment.
It shouldn't be used anymore and JHBuild should be used instead.
References
GARNOME Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA