Re: Balsa 1.2.0

[Richard Kimber <rkimber ntlworld com>]

On Sunday 30 September 2001 23:16, you wrote:
> On 2001.09.30 22:31:19 +0200 Richard Kimber wrote:
> > Having failed to get 1.1.7 working, I thought I would try 1.2.0.
> >
> > However, configure tells me that I need greater than 0.25 gnome-print
> > even though I have gnome-print-0.28-1mdk installed.  Obviously I want to
> > be able to print messages.  How should I proceed?
>
> nice that you have gnome-print-0.28 installed :)
> but the primary question would be.. do you have the
> gnome print development package installed too ?
>
> this usually contains headerfiles and stuff..

Hmmnn.  I did think of that, but the Mandrake 8.0 software manager does not 
list a development package as either installed or *installable*, and there is 
no such package on the CDs, so I assumed there was no such thing.  Could it 
be part of some other Mandrake devel package?

Or maybe Mandrake have not produced one.  If the latter, would it be safe to 
mix my existing gnome-print-0.28-1mdk with a devel package from elsewhere?

I suppose I could uninstall gnome-print-0.28-1mdk and try to install an 
independent version, but in my experience this inevitably leads to a 
seemingly endless set of dependency problems.  And there seem to be various 
flavours and versions available. I have no idea which would cause the fewest 
problems.

Incidentally, presumably this means either that no Mandrake 8 users are using 
Balsa, or that they have found a (presumably) straightforward solution, in 
which case I'd be very grateful if one of them could share it with me.

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber
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