Jules, I think it is of interest for more people so I answer to the list. On Sun, Nov 05, Jules Duiker wrote:
What I mean with half the job is the fact, that I cannot install my parameters. If I read the FBB manual, there should be an INSTALL.SH to configur FBB. When I'm using YAST to install, it only makes a few directories, and thats it. What I mean is; should I do all changes by hand, or is there someting wrong with yast?? There is no INSTALL.SH or something like that. How can I configur it to work?? Is there an other way of doing things? I think it's hard to believe that I have to do everything by hand, so I suspect I'm doing something, or Yast doesn't install the RPM the proper way.... System here is: intel based, 64meg, SuSE 7.0!
Well, that is generally a problem of many software packages available for ham purposes. Most of them are programmed to be installed manually by the user into the /usr/local/ directories. Most of them provide an installation script or something similar for this. But this is not the way one can deal with when using rpm archives. As a package maintainer I cannot install the package with customized configuration files. This is something that has to happen afterwards, e.g. with an alternative configuration script or something else. Some parts of the functionality of Jean-Paul's INSTALL.SH are covered by the rpm archive, especially creating the needed directories. So we cannot call the script while runtime because it would fail to create directories. We are thinking about a global solution for many of the ham packages, providing YaST2 modules for configuration. But due to missing manpower this is nothing we can do right now, sorry! Jean-Paul, Vojtech, do you have ideas how to handle this problem? Regards, Kai -- Kai Altenfelder, SuSE GmbH, Schanzaeckerstr. 10, D-90443 Nuernberg Tel.: +49-911-74053-0, Fax: +49-911-74053-489, EMail: ka@suse.de Ham: DL3LBA / DK0TUX / DN1TUX PGP public key available
----- Original Message ----- From: Kai Altenfelder <ka@suse.de> To: <suse-ham-e@suse.com> Cc: Vojtech Bubnik <bubnikv@suse.de>; Jean-Paul ROUBELAT <jpr@f6fbb.org> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [suse-ham-e] Problem Installing FBB...
Jules,
I think it is of interest for more people so I answer to the list.
On Sun, Nov 05, Jules Duiker wrote:
What I mean with half the job is the fact, that I cannot install my parameters. If I read the FBB manual, there should be an INSTALL.SH to configur FBB. When I'm using YAST to install, it only makes a few directories, and thats it. What I mean is; should I do all changes by hand, or is there someting wrong with yast?? There is no INSTALL.SH or something like that. How can I configur it to work?? Is there an other way of doing things? I think it's hard to believe that I have to do everything by hand, so I suspect I'm doing something, or Yast doesn't install the RPM the proper way.... System here is: intel based, 64meg, SuSE 7.0!
The last 7.02 version should do the needed work. I think it is not rpm'ed. install.sh is not neede das the creation of the tree and the copy of the files is already done by the rpm. "fbb" script which run the software actually checks for the configuration and creates the needed configuration files the first time the software is launched.
Well, that is generally a problem of many software packages available for ham purposes. Most of them are programmed to be installed manually by the user into the /usr/local/ directories. Most of them provide an installation script or something similar for this.
Sure, this is the discussion we had on this list some weeks ago.
But this is not the way one can deal with when using rpm archives. As a package maintainer I cannot install the package with customized configuration files. This is something that has to happen afterwards, e.g. with an alternative configuration script or something else. Some parts of the functionality of Jean-Paul's INSTALL.SH are covered by the rpm archive, especially creating the needed directories. So we cannot call the script while runtime because it would fail to create directories.
Only last 7.02 version is needed. It should fit with the needs. rpm has to be created. I can do it if I have all the needed inputs.
We are thinking about a global solution for many of the ham packages, providing YaST2 modules for configuration. But due to missing manpower this is nothing we can do right now, sorry!
Not only manpower, but also ideas 8-)
Jean-Paul, Vojtech, do you have ideas how to handle this problem?
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