On Wednesday 04 September 2002 10:49, Phoenix wrote:
I want to install gaim, but a package is missing:
My problem is: I can't find any package called libperl.so.5.8
What should I do???
Hmm... well, the gaim project did a fix in the 0.59.1 release to make it work in Perl 5.8.1, looks like they built the binary package with Perl 5.8.1 installed, which is why it wants that library. I'm running 0.59 without the .1 realease in SuSE 8 just fine. There are 2 solutions: Get a Perl 5.8.1 RPM, or rebuild the package on your machine from the source RPM. I prefer doing the later, because I don't like making unrealeased updates unless i really need the features or fixes. HTH Donavan Pantke
* Phoenix <1.phoenix@web.de> [Sep 04. 2002 16:48]:
I want to install gaim, but a package is missing:
My problem is: I can't find any package called libperl.so.5.8
What should I do???
Get the source and compile it yourself is another option. -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.
My problem is: I can't find any package called libperl.so.5.8
What should I do???
Get the source and compile it yourself is another option.
May I respectfully suggest that this is the wrong answer for the "typical" SuSE 8.0 user. SuSE 8.0 is not being marketted to geeks but to folks who might otherwise use Windows or Apple-Mac. It would make for a very valuable marketing study for SuSE to poll buyers of SuSE 8.0 and ask them if they have any idea what ""compile" means, if they have any idea how to do such a thing, and if they have ever successfully done so ... and perhaps if they have any interest in doing so or if they bought SuSE 8.0 to avoid such tasks. It seems to me that SuSE failing to make common versions of Everybuddy, Gaim, and many other apps available through a simple and complete (NO dependency errors) YaST update will drive away customers. Even those of us who know how to do compiles are often busy at other tasks and have often found compiles time consuming due to glitches and errors. The inability to find a turnkey version of Everybuddy or Gaim for SuSE 8.0 has probably doomed my efforts to multiply the use of SuSE or Linux of any sort here. Very disappointing. Linux/SuSE has to become vastly more user friendly if it is going to make the necessary dent in the marketplace to flourish. IMHO, YMMV ... doc
I agree with Dr. Colburn. The entire idea behind having several distros is to produce a linux distro that does not require a degree in computer science. Its supposed to offer a good alternative to Windows and not promote windows as a user friendly operating system. regards Leo Dr. David M. Colburn wrote:
My problem is: I can't find any package called libperl.so.5.8
What should I do???
Get the source and compile it yourself is another option.
May I respectfully suggest that this is the wrong answer for the "typical" SuSE 8.0 user.
SuSE 8.0 is not being marketted to geeks but to folks who might otherwise use Windows or Apple-Mac.
It would make for a very valuable marketing study for SuSE to poll buyers of SuSE 8.0 and ask them if they have any idea what ""compile" means, if they have any idea how to do such a thing, and if they have ever successfully done so ... and perhaps if they have any interest in doing so or if they bought SuSE 8.0 to avoid such tasks.
It seems to me that SuSE failing to make common versions of Everybuddy, Gaim, and many other apps available through a simple and complete (NO dependency errors) YaST update will drive away customers.
Even those of us who know how to do compiles are often busy at other tasks and have often found compiles time consuming due to glitches and errors.
The inability to find a turnkey version of Everybuddy or Gaim for SuSE 8.0 has probably doomed my efforts to multiply the use of SuSE or Linux of any sort here. Very disappointing.
Linux/SuSE has to become vastly more user friendly if it is going to make the necessary dent in the marketplace to flourish.
IMHO, YMMV ... doc
* Linux Leo
I agree with Dr. Colburn. The entire idea behind having several distros is to produce a linux distro that does not require a degree in computer science. Its supposed to offer a good alternative to Windows and not promote windows as a user friendly operating system.
Fair enough. But it's an option--this is something it's not in the Windows world. -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.
"Dr. David M. Colburn" [ Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:53:02 -0400]:
It seems to me that SuSE failing to make common versions of Everybuddy, Gaim, and many other apps available through a simple and complete (NO dependency errors) YaST update will drive away customers.
We mostly put on the CDs what is current at the time we make a release. It's a strict policy of SuSE to not make version updates after release if it can be avoided. So if you want newer releases of a software, you either have to wait for the next release or compile your own RPMs. Philipp -- Philipp Thomas work: pthomas@suse.de Development SuSE Linux AG private: pth@t-link.de
We mostly put on the CDs what is current at the time we make a release. It's a strict policy of SuSE to not make version updates after release if it can be avoided. So if you want newer releases of a software, you either have to wait for the next release or compile your own RPMs.
Or, use a site like www.usr-local-bin.org that provides SuSE-compliant RPMs of the latest versions. -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.0) Updated GNOME RPMs for SuSE Linux: www.usr-local-bin.org *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
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