Re: docbook installation

[Ronald de Man <deman win tue nl>]

On Sun, Mar 21, 1999 at 11:45:23PM +0100, hhv wrote:
> John Huttley wrote:
> > 
> > I was  confused also, however I cheated.
> > I have been upgrading my RH 5.1 system piecemeal, using RPM's from rawhide.redhat.com.
> > 
> > This does not include gnome, which I get by CVS, but does include the auto* tools etc
> > etc.
> > 
> > They have a sgml-tools* rpm, which needs tetex-0.9*, tetex-latex*, dialog* .
> > 
> > But having got it all, it works. Gtk-doc will compile if you point one of the
> > ./configure params (i forget which) at the right directory. None of the compiled-in
> > defaults point to the redhat defaults.
> > 
> > You don't have to understand anything, because it's all pre-done.

I know I could do this, but I don't want to use rpms. And many people
can't use these rpms anyway.

> 
> Maybe, but neverthless I would like to know what I'm doing. Or better I
> would to do only things I understand at least partly. Tapping around in
> the dark is not the nicest thing.

I agree.

Ronald