Re: [Evolution] Evolution on 64 bits Linux system

[N B Day <nbday fastmail fm>]

On Sat, 2013-07-27 at 13:59 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > I think Evolution has not a 64 bits version. Is'nt ?
> >
> > Does Evolution (in 32 bits version) run perfectly on a 64 bits Linux
> > system (as Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits).
>
> All that the Evolution developers do is produce source code - the
> compilation and packaging is up to the distro you are using.  There is
> no reason why Evolution can not be compiled for a 64-bit system and many
> distros do it.  If Evolution isn't in your distros 64-bit repository,
> then I suggest you talk to them and file a distro bug about it.

64 bit evolution is certainly available in the Ubuntu repositories.  

nbd epicurus ~ $ dpkg -s evolution
Package: evolution
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 1163
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss lists ubuntu com>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.6.4-0ubuntu1
Replaces: evolution-common (<< 2.91)
Provides: imap-client, mail-reader
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcamel-1.2-40 (>=
3.5.91), libecal-1.2-15 (>= 3.5.91), libedataserver-1.2-17 (>= 3.5.91),
libedataserverui-3.0-4 (>= 3.5.91), libevolution (>= 3.6), libevolution
(<< 3.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.32), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libical0 (>=
0.48), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.32.2),
libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 (>= 1.3.10), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), evolution-common (=
3.6.4-0ubuntu1), evolution-data-server (>= 3.6), evolution-data-server
(<< 3.8), gnome-icon-theme-full (>= 2.30.2.1), dbus, psmisc
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 1.4.69) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: evolution-plugins, yelp, spamassassin | bogofilter
Suggests: evolution-exchange, evolution-dbg,
evolution-plugins-experimental, gnupg, network-manager
Conffiles:
 /etc/xdg/autostart/evolution-alarm-notify.desktop
c43ebce842410d9b5e53c0a9b6aff185
Description: groupware suite with mail client and organizer
 Evolution is a groupware suite which integrates mail, calendar,
 address book, to-do list and memo tools.
 .
 Additional features include integration with Exchange
 servers, newsgroup client, LDAP support and web calendars
 .
 Evolution is a graphical application that is part of GNOME, and
 is distributed by Novell, Inc.
 .
 See http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/ for more information.
 .
 The following plugins belonging to the "base" set are included.
  - calendar-file
  - calendar-http
  - itip-formatter
  - default-source
  - addressbook-file
  - mark-all-read
  - publish-calendar
  - caldav
  - imap-features
  - google-account-setup
  - webdav-account-setup
  - calendar-weather
  - sa-junk-plugin
  - bogo-junk-plugin
Homepage: http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/
Original-Maintainer: Debian Evolution Maintainers
<pkg-evolution-maintainers lists alioth debian org>

This is on my Mint system, basically Ubuntu 13.04 with a more
traditional desktop.


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