[opensuse] Question about repositories
Hi all, I have been searching the opensuse repository for a package called BRLTTY. Its a package that will let a visually impaired user to use linux with a braille display. There is something called opensuse blinux, but that only supports a few braille devices. I have downloaded some RPMs but there are dependency issues. So my question is, any other repository i may check out? I have not worked that much with repositories in the passed, but I know what it is. Any help would be apreciated, many thanks. Christian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Christian <christian08@runbox.com> wrote:
Hi all, I have been searching the opensuse repository for a package called BRLTTY. Its a package that will let a visually impaired user to use linux with a braille display. There is something called opensuse blinux, but that only supports a few braille devices. I have downloaded some RPMs but there are dependency issues. So my question is, any other repository i may check out? I have not worked that much with repositories in the passed, but I know what it is. Any help would be apreciated, many thanks. Christian
I first look in the normal repositories via yast2. If not there, the primary place to look is http://software.opensuse.org/search which searches the full build service. Unfortunately BRLTTY is not found there either. Looking at its home page, the compile is very straight forward. tar -xzf brltty-release.tar.gz cd brltty-release ./configure make make install If your not comfortable doing that, I might volunteer to put it on the opensuse build service for you. Public projects have to be approved, but I can't imagine this one not being accepted. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello Greg, On 2009-01-04 at 23:13 Greg Freemyer wrote:
Hi all, I have been searching the opensuse repository for a package called BRLTTY. Its a package that will let a visually impaired user to use linux with a braille display. There is something called opensuse blinux, but
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Christian <christian08@runbox.com> wrote: that only supports a few braille devices. I have downloaded some RPMs but there are dependency issues. So my question is, any other repository i may check out?
I have not worked that much with repositories in the passed, but I know what it is. Any help would be apreciated, many thanks. Christian
I first look in the normal repositories via yast2. If not there, the primary place to look is
http://software.opensuse.org/search which searches the full build service.
Unfortunately BRLTTY is not found there either.
Looking at its home page, the compile is very straight forward.
tar -xzf brltty-release.tar.gz cd brltty-release ./configure make make install
If your not comfortable doing that, I might volunteer to put it on the opensuse build service for you.
Public projects have to be approved, but I can't imagine this one not being accepted.
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf
The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- I have also tried that, but there are still dependency issues. That's what I first tried. BRLTTY seems to be in most distibutions repositories, so it's very strange that it's not in opensuse. Best regards and thanks, Christian To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, 2009-01-05 at 13:01 +0100, Christian wrote:
Looking at its home page, the compile is very straight forward.
tar -xzf brltty-release.tar.gz cd brltty-release ./configure make make install
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I have also tried that, but there are still dependency issues. That's what I first tried. BRLTTY seems to be in most distibutions repositories, so it's very strange that it's not in opensuse.
Maybe if you post the error messages you got, we could help with the dependencies. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklh+bAACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XttgCdE1bxe7gXd+WXlVfpjn6BbkvJ tB8AnRF3vm+mzNk2dnUMSFQAVbYaN+je =RmKu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Christian <christian08@runbox.com> wrote:
I have also tried that, but there are still dependency issues. That's what I first tried. BRLTTY seems to be in most distibutions repositories, so it's very strange that it's not in opensuse.
You don't need to compile it, though the rpms are for redhat they works just fine. Install speechd (available in suse repositories) and brlapi from the brltty site. -- Kind Regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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