Re: [Evolution] Compiling Ximian Evolution for Redhat Enterprise Linux 3

[Keith Sharp <kms passback co uk>]

On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 09:17 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 18:09 +0200, wrote:
> > I want to compile Ximian Connector for Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 as
> > there are no fitting rpms for this platform. Therefore I had to
> > compile the evolution-1.4.6 source. While running the configure
> > script I got the following message:
> > configure: error: Could not find db3 library
> > But I already installed successfully the db-3.1.17 sources.
> >
> > So what mistake did I make or which further sources do I have to
> > compile?
> >
> > I hope anyone can help me
> > Rainer.
>
> you normally have to install db-3.1.17 in a specific directly (so it
> doesn't conflict) _and_ tell evo exactly where that is using --with-
> db= argument to configure.  
>
> you could try evolution 1.5.90 instead, it has its own copy of libdb,
> although it also needs newer gnome

You could also try rebuilding the Evolution source RPM from Fedora Core,
I think the RPM from FC1 should work - I am not so sure about the RPM
from FC2.

Note that there are a number of development packages (header files)
missing from RHEL 3, so you might end up following a large dependency
chain.

Keith.