Re: [Evolution] Problems installing 1.2.1...

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 23:17, Bill Richards wrote:
> Hello-
>
> I'm a newbie and hate to post a question that's probably already been
> re-hashed here a number of times. I did check the archive and saw some
> related posts, but still have no resolution. I'm using RH8.0 and
> installed the 1.0.8 version that shipped with the distribution. That
> installed OK, but the composer didn't work (a dialog popped up about a
> missing component). Using red-carpet I recently installed the 1.2.1
> version, to try evolution again. That version won't start up due to a
> missing Config database. I saw some posts regarding environment
> variables, library pointers, etc. I tried some of those things, but it
> still doesn't run for me. I did a fresh install after removing the
> original packages- same thing. I'd love to try using evolution, but so
> far I'm not very impressed... I would expect the install to be more
> robust... any ideas, anyone? Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> -bill richards-

The most common problem that seems to come up in this area is caused by
mozilla packages from mozilla.org, which install some shared libraries
used by evolution into directories that render them unusable by
evolution.  If you want to install third-party packages, you should
either be willing to fix the things they break or be willing to live
with the breakage that results.  If you have any questions about how to
fix it, you'll need to tell us what mozilla version you're running, and
where you got it.

-Mark Gordon