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[bug-sourceinstall] Sourceinstall on Fedora Core 5
From: |
Vidyadhar Gadgil |
Subject: |
[bug-sourceinstall] Sourceinstall on Fedora Core 5 |
Date: |
Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:10:27 +0530 |
Have installed sourceinstall-cvs (the one after 2.2) on FC5. A summary
of experiences, problems and suggestions is given here. Note that I am
an ordinary user, with no programming knowledge.
libsrcinst-cvs went through fine, no problems. The difficulty was when
trying to configure and install sourceinstall-cvs. FC5 does not seem to
like /usr/local. After some research and help from Claudio Fontana and
the local LUG, added /usr/local/lib to the /etc/ld.so.conf file. Then
ran 'ldconfig' (this is essential). After this sourceinstall-cvs
configured and installed fine. It was running fine as well.
But then problems with sourceinstall-gtk-cvs. Since FC5 does not seem to
like /usr/local, this programme failed at the configure stage. Claudio
suggested the following:
Add "/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" to your
PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable.You can do this for one
session only on the cmdline using these two commands (assuming a
standard shell):
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
This worked and all is well.
The local LUG in Goa, India, came up with the suggestion to install
to /usr. I suppose this would mean running ./configure with
-prefix=/usr, right? Have not tried it, as I prefer to install
user-compiled stuff in /usr/local.
SUGGESTIONS
Have jumped to this post-2.2 version straight from v 0.4.
Why can't all three (libsrcinst, sourceinstall and sourceinstall-gtk) be
available as one, as was the case with v 0.4? This would bypass the
problem of libraries not found).
Also, if you run sourceinstall as user, at the install stage it says
'Permission denied' and signs off. v 0.4 used to ask for the root
password, and proceed once this was supplied. This is a desirable
feature which should be restored; as of now one can work only as root.
--
Question everything -- Karl Marx
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