Ralph Sanford wrote:
If it will work for you and if you are using SuSE 7.2, the easiest method to install evolution is probably to go to www.ximian.com and download the MINIMUM ximian gnome. You can prevent ximian and the doorman from changing your defaults, if you pay attention. You will need to use KDE control centre login manager to add a session named gnome-session. From a gnome-session use red carpet, subscribe to ximian gnome channel, select install, then select application -> evolution -> install packages. In most cases red carpet will solve the dependency issues for you and will provide a working evolution setup.
At this time the install is not overly simple and can easily take an hour or two. If you want a PIM that provides an excellent contact list and a good GUI email program then the time is well spent.
Hi all, This message is from a while back, but I'm facing these issues now, and I'm hoping you can help me with a few questions. My setup: IBM Thinkpad T21, with SuSE 7.3 Pro. USB turned out flaky for my Handspring Visor and Ultracam, so I am using "SuSE certified" 2.4.16-4GB. Everything works pretty well now. I want Evolution and I want it to sync with the Visor (like a Palm), and there are lots of dependencies to untangle, so I've tried downloading Evolution from Ximian, with mostly good results, but a few burps. No errors or failures anywhere in the install process until I reboot, whereupon I reach runlevel 5 but remain staring at a console. Your messages gave me things to try (thanks). "startx" gets me KDE, and "startx gnome" gets me Gnome. Setting DISPLAYMANAGER to "kdm" in rc.config gets me a graphical login again. (I don't know if gdm is installed, and don't care unless I need it). The newly installed Evolution syncs with my Visor great. I'm real close now. I don't like unknown changes to my system cause I've found they can bite me later, so I'd like to understand your suggestion above about "gnome-session". What's the "doorman" mentioned above referring to? Do I... Make the "gnome-session" and then run the "lynx -source http://gnome-go (etc. I'm typing from memory)" from within it, and use that to download the minimal Ximian and then run RedCarpet from this? Or are you suggesting I download the mininam Ximian and then make the "gnome-session"? I"m afraid I'm fuzzy how it all fits together, and I don't know all the implications thus. What I did was I logged into KDE as root, opened a console, and ran that "lynx etc." command above, selected Evolution only, and followed the instructions. Other than the login issue, it worked. I have a complete pre-install backup I can revert to. What I want is to install so I can check out Evolution (and hopefully keep it), and not lose my SuSE configuration and tools. Running an unknown system is just like running MS, and I'm trying to get away from that. I'd appreciate any knowledge you can pass on. Regards, Bret