Re: [Evolution] Compiling Evo

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 08:00 +1100, Andrew Greig wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> It seems that some of the problems I have been seeing could be
> eliminated by installing Evo 2.4 currently 2.2.3. I have downloaded 5
> files, but I do not need to access an Exchange server, so should I just
> compile the other 4? And in what order,please?

libsoup
e-d-s
gtkhtml
evolution

Unpack the main Evo tar file and look at the README. It tells you what
to do.

> These are the files I downloaded, if I need to install evo-exchange, I
> have that as well.

If you aren't using Exchange, forget it.

> Evolution 2.4.0, libsoup 2.2.6.1,evolution-data-server1.4.0 and
> gtkhtml-3.8

Evo 2.4.1 and e-d-s 1.4.1.1 are slightly more up to date.

> Do I need to remove 2.2.3 before doing this? If I use RPM to remove it
> will it also remove my .evolution file as well?

I recommend you install in a separate tree (e.g. /opt/evolution), so you
can have both versions in case of trouble. RPM will not remove
your .evolution directory.

> I have checked the Mandriva site to see if they have an RPM set up for
> Evo 2.4 on their updates site, but not yet available.
>
> Can I presume that because 2.2.3 is running currently, that apart from
> the files above I should have everything I need?

I believe so (don't use Mandriva myself), but see the README to make
sure versions are up to date (e.g. for gal). Note that you may need some
-devel RPMs when compiling, depending on what options you choose. You'll
know if the configure script complains.

poc