On Sun, 2001-12-16 at 16:47, Ron Cordell wrote:
So.... what was the final solution to get Evolution going, anyway? I installed the latest SuSE GNOME updates from the FTP server, and that made GNOME 1.4 mostly functional. However, I can't get Evolution to work, since there seem to be some missing libraries.
-ronc
For either SuSE 7.2 or 7.3 the solution seems to be to download the rpms needed (there are a lot) and to install evolution manually. The rpms that are available seem to work equally well on 7.2 or 7.3. The rpms that are needed vary from computer to computer, probably related to whether you are using 7.2 and 7.3 plus how much of gnome or ximian you tried to install before going the rpm route. Consider the following to be the minimum: bonobo-1.0.14-ximian.1 bonobo-conf-0.14-ximian.1 gal-0.18.1-ximian.1 gnome-pilot-0.31-ximian.2 gtkhtml-1.0.0-ximian.1 libbonobo-conf0-0.14-ximian.1 libgal18-0.18.1-ximian.1 libgtkhtml15-0.12.0-ximian libgtkhtml20-1.0.0-ximian.1 libnss3-0.9.5-ximian.1 oaf-0.6.7-ximian.2 orbit-0.5.12-ximian.1 pilot-link-0.9.5-ximian.2 and evolution-.1.0-ximian.3 These files are a moving target. Start by loading the libs first, then the other supporting rpms and finish with evolution. This process is not one where YMMV, this is a process where Your Mileage Will Vary. The additional dependencies could cause this list to almost double in length. To get spell checking to work you will need the following, in sequence: pspell-0.12.2-ximian.4 (not a newer version) aspell-0.33.7.1-ximian.3 (the -en-gb and -en-ca versions do not appear to work) gnome-spell-0.4-ximian.1 You can install pspell by rpm, aspell has dependency errors and is probably best installed by yast1, besides yast will also run SuSEconfig for you. Since you fired up yast to install aspell, may as well install gnome-spell with yast. You can get the rpms from: ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/ximian-gnome/suse-72-i386 or, a few days ago Cezary Sobaniec made some newer rpms available at: ftp.animmus.pl/pub/animmus/i386/7.3/ BTW the rpms from this location also work on SuSE 7.2 (at least they worked on my SuSE 7.2 computer) and provide a newer snapshot of evolution. 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. -- Ralph Sanford - If your government does not trust you, rsanford@telusplanet.net - should you trust your government? DH/DSS Key - 0x7A1BEA01