On Monday 14 January 2008 20:35:08 Ian Chapman wrote: > > My recommendations as to how to set up your environment reliably are > > here: > > > > http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Jun-2007/msg00070.html > > You created a shell script file /etc/profile.d/geda.sh > with the following text > export PATH=/opt/geda/bin:${PATH} > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/opt/geda/lib > > For some strange reason my /etc does not have a profile.d directory to put > it in?
No, someone else did it, and I suggested that this was the Wrong Thing.
> > (instructions are for Fedora, but would probably work on Ubuntu).
> >
> > I also recommend using the top level Makefile available from the download
> > site to install gEDA from source, rather than doing it manually.
> >
> > I hope some of this helps,
>
> Thanks for trying Peter but I think I'm way off the normal path I'll try
> getting the Ubuntu package manager to restore the origina. Regards Ian.
>
At your level of Linux expertise, I think that's recommended. I'll try and
put together a guide to installing gEDA from sources for newcomers to Linux.
It's definitely not as easy as it should be!
Can anyone who knows Debian/Ubuntu stuff suggest how he can install 1.2.1
packages on Gutsy?
Sorry about the difficulties you've had. I hope it hasn't put you off too
badly.
Best wishes,
Peter
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Peter Brett
Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd
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