Re: Wanted: Abiword on Red Hat 9 HOWTO

From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 29 2003 - 09:45:49 EDT

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    Marco,

    We already have a build document. I'm not making a
    "howto install on RedHat 9" document as well. Install
    the Glib2 RPMs, or build your own RPMs.

    Dom

    --- "M. Fioretti" <m.fioretti@inwind.it> wrote:
    > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 11:46:27 at 11:46:27AM -0700,
    > Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz@yahoo.com) wrote:
    > >
    >
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=15518&release_id=184235
    > >
    > > Specifically:
    > >
    > >
    >
    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abiword/enchant-1.0.0-2.i386.rpm?download
    > >
    >
    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abiword/enchant-1.0.0-2.src.rpm?download
    > >
    >
    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abiword/enchant-devel-1.0.0-2.i386.rpm?download
    > >
    >
    > Dom,
    > thanks for the information. sourceforge.net is not
    > reachable to me
    > now, so my apologies if this is explained there.
    > However, the info
    > above is not complete for Red Hat 9: I could not
    > install those RPMs
    > because glib (and maybe something else) is missing
    > on the system.
    >
    > I am not blaming anybody for this, but it seems
    > evident to me that a
    > mini-howto about "Installing AbiWord 2.x on a
    > BAREBONE Red Hat 9
    > /Fedora box" is needed. I'm talking of ONE single
    > page, or paragraph saying
    >
    > "the abiword RPM is this, and to install *this*
    > version on base Red
    > Hat 9 without Gnome, just X, you need:
    >
    > this version of enchant, RPM is here
    > this version of glib, RPM is here
    > etc...
    >
    > This is all the more needed because RPMs for those
    > packages and RH9 do
    > exist, but are scattered here and there, and not
    > listed in the usual
    > places (www.rpmfind.net to begin with). Only
    > googling and guessing is
    > left.
    >
    > I am willing to put together this mini-howto for the
    > Abiword web
    > pages, but I need all developers help to figure out
    > which version of
    > what is needed, and to make an RPM of it if it
    > doesn't exist yet.
    >
    > The last part means "I'll build RPMs with the spec
    > file you
    > provide/help me to write, and report here any fault
    > until it works"
    >
    > Any feedback is appreciated.
    >
    > TIA,
    > Marco Fioretti
    >
    >
    > --
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