On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 21:17, 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.
I'm also a RH8.0 user, and using Evolution 1.2.1, installed from Red Carpet.When you installed it, did you try installing the entire Evolution Channel recommended install/upgrade list, or did you just install Evolution (and the dependencies it pulled in), the way the RH8.0 page at ximian.com describes? The basic problem, as I understand it, is that RH8.0 and Ximian Gnome do not mesh yet (thanks, no doubt, to RH's casual changing of stuff in 8.0 - even to the point of chopping out entire functional areas in other people's code when they packaged it for release), so if you want to install Evolution, the safest way is to just select the Evolution packages and let Red Carpet pull in the dependencies those packages need to form a minimal operating program. I am looking forward with great anticipation to a Ximian release that fixes the problems that RH8.0 caused. I'm certain that once it's possible to re-install the full desktop, a lot of the RH problems will be cleared up. -- Bill Hartwell <raven macmanusnet net> MacManus Enterprises
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