Re: Again 0.7.12 on RedHat 6.2


Subject: Re: Again 0.7.12 on RedHat 6.2
From: David Shochat (shochat@acm.org)
Date: Tue Jan 02 2001 - 09:54:36 CST


Ok, here is what I found (I also have RH 6.2).

I installed helix gnome. Had to restart it numerous times, but
fortunately, it lets you use the RPMs you've already got from previous
attempts. After doing that, I was finally able to install
  abisuite-0.7.12.i386.rpm

But when I tried installing
  abisuite-gnome-0.7.12.i386.rpm

I still got various dependency errors (the gtk+ and glib dependency
errors were gone as a result of the helix gnome install):

   pspell >= 0.11.1 is needed by abisuite-0.7.12-1GNOME
   libaspell.so.7 is needed by abisuite-0.7.12-1GNOME
   libgal.so.2 is needed by abisuite-0.7.12-1GNOME
   libpspell_aspell.so.1 is needed by abisuite-0.7.12-1GNOME
   libpspell-impl.so.3 is needed by abisuite-0.7.12-1GNOME
   libpspell_ispell.so.0 is needed by abisuite-0.7.12-1GNOME
   libpspell-modules.so.1 is needed by abisuite-0.7.12-1GNOME
   libpspell.so.2 is needed by abisuite-0.7.12-1GNOME

I finally got rid of the "spell" ones by installing aspell, pspell, and
something called pspell_ispell (all at once). I found these things on
rpmfind.net. libgal was annoying, since I already had libgal.so.3. I
made a symbolic link from libgal.so.2 -> libgal.so.3.0.1 (hoping that
it would be compatible) but I still had to use --nodeps to make it stop
complaining about the libgal.so.2 dependency. Initial testing implies
that this works.

(and the helix gnome does seem nicer than the stock RH 6.2 version).

...but the abisource web site needs some accurate "system requirements"
lists. There is a README which addresses dependencies, but it is out of
date (e.g. says you only need gtk+ 1.2.1 where it looks like the real
requirement is 1.2.7, and no mention of libgal and all the *spell* stuff).
-- David



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