Author: randy
Date: 2007-08-07 10:50:50 -0600 (Tue, 07 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 7026
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/abiword.xml
trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/gnumeric.xml
Log:
Minor modifications to the Gnumeric build instructions; added notes to the
AbiWord and Gnumeric instructions that the versions of libgda/libgnomedb will
conflict with each other
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-08-07 13:30:46 UTC
(rev 7025)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-08-07 16:50:50 UTC
(rev 7026)
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@
<para>August 7th, 2007</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[randy] - Added notes to the AbiWord and Gnumeric instructions
+ that the versions of libgda/libgnomedb will conflict with each
+ other.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[randy] - Minor modifications to the Gnumeric build
+ instructions.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Updated to AbiWord-2.4.6.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/abiword.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/abiword.xml 2007-08-07 13:30:46 UTC (rev 7025)
+++ trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/abiword.xml 2007-08-07 16:50:50 UTC (rev 7026)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
<ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/goffice/0.2/">GOffice <0.3.0</ulink>),
<ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/";>Link
Grammar</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/";>Aiksaurus</ulink>,
- <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/";>libgnomedb version <1.3.0</ulink>
(requires
+ <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/";>libgnomedb version
<1.3.0</ulink>* (requires
<ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/";>libgda version <1.3.0</ulink>),
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware";>libwmf</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/";>GtkMathView</ulink>
(requires
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@
<ulink url="http://libots.sourceforge.net/";>OTS</ulink>, and
<ulink
url="http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/";>Psiconv</ulink></para>
+ <para>* The
+ <application>libgda</application>/<application>libgnomedb</application>
+ stack required for <application>AbiWord</application> database
+ access may conflict with the versions used by the
+ <xref linkend="gnumeric"/> database plugin. Though the libraries
+ themselves pose no conflict, the executables and support files will
+ overwrite one another. Note that the current (version 3.0.x) stack does not
+ pose a conflict with any of the previous versions (but does not support
+ <application>AbiWord</application> or <application>Gnumeric</application>
+ database access. <application>AbiWord</application> requires versions
+ <1.3.0 (1.2.2 is known to work).</para>
+
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/abiword"/></para>
@@ -176,7 +188,7 @@
description file:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644
abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_&AbiWord-under-version;.server \
- $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/bonobo/servers</userinput></screen>
+ $(pkg-config --variable=prefix
ORBit-2.0)/lib/bonobo/servers</userinput></screen>
<para>If the <application>GNOME</application> installation is in any prefix
other than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, remove unneeded
Modified: trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/gnumeric.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/gnumeric.xml 2007-08-07 13:30:46 UTC (rev
7025)
+++ trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/gnumeric.xml 2007-08-07 16:50:50 UTC (rev
7026)
@@ -62,14 +62,11 @@
url="&gnome-download-http;/goffice/0.2/">GOffice <0.3.0</ulink>)</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
- <para role="optional"><xref linkend="python"/>,
- <ulink url="http://www.pygtk.org/";>PyGTK</ulink>,
+ <para role="optional"><ulink url="http://www.pygtk.org/";>PyGTK</ulink>,
<xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (combined with the
<filename class='libraryfile'>libgsf-gnome-1</filename> library from the
<xref linkend="libgsf"/> package will provide GNOME-2 support),
- <xref linkend="gnome-doc-utils"/> (to convert the XML help documentation
- into HTML),
- <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/";>libgnomedb</ulink>
+ <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/";>libgnomedb</ulink>*
(requires <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/";>libgda</ulink>),
<ulink url="http://pxlib.sourceforge.net/";>pxlib</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.frodol.dds.nl/psiconv/index.html";>Psiconv</ulink>,
@@ -77,6 +74,18 @@
<ulink url="http://packages.ubuntu.com/warty/libdevel/libgb-dev";>Gnome
Basic</ulink> (this package is no longer under active development)</para>
+ <para>* The
+ <application>libgda</application>/<application>libgnomedb</application>
+ stack required for <application>Gnumeric</application> database
+ access may conflict with the versions used by the
+ <xref linkend="abiword"/> database plugin. Though the libraries
+ themselves pose no conflict, the executables and support files will
+ overwrite one another. Note that the current (version 3.0.x) stack does not
+ pose a conflict with any of the previous versions (but does not support
+ <application>Gnumeric</application> or <application>AbiWord</application>
+ database access. <application>Gnumeric</application> requires versions
+ >1.2.x and <2.x.x (1.99.1 is known to work).</para>
+
<note>
<para>Though only a run-time dependency, if you don't install the
<xref linkend="yelp"/> package, the built-in help functionality in
@@ -103,41 +112,39 @@
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
-<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
+ln -v -s -f /usr/share/gnome/help/gnumeric \
+ /usr/share/gnumeric/&gnumeric-version;/doc</userinput></screen>
- <para>There is a bug in the program. The help system looks for the docs in
- one location, but they are actually installed in the wrong place. See
- <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330339"/>. If you
have
- <xref linkend="yelp"/> installed and would like to be able to use it to
view
- the help documentation from within <application>Gnumeric</application>,
work
- around the problem by creating a symbolic link. As
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
+ <para>If you have a <application>GNOME</application> installation in any
+ prefix other than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, issue
+ the following commands as the <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem>
+ user to move the <application>Gnumeric</application> Bonobo component
+ description file into the <envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar> heirarchy and
+ then remove the unneeded directories:</para>
-<screen role='root'><userinput>ln -vsf /usr/share/gnome/help/gnumeric \
- /usr/share/gnumeric/&gnumeric-version;/doc</userinput></screen>
+<screen role='root'><userinput>mv -v
/usr/lib/bonobo/servers/GNOME_Gnumeric.server \
+ $(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/bonobo/servers &&
+rmdir -v /usr/lib/{bonobo/servers,bonobo}</userinput></screen>
- <para>If you have GNOME installed in a prefix other than /usr, as the
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user create the
- following symlink for the <application>Gnumeric</application>
- <application>Bonobo</application> server file:</para>
-
-<screen role='root'><userinput>ln -v -s
/usr/lib/bonobo/servers/GNOME_Gnumeric.server \
- $(pkg-config --variable=prefix
ORBit-2.0)/lib/bonobo/servers</userinput></screen>
-
<para>If you have <xref linkend="gnome-doc-utils"/> installed you can
- convert the XML help files into HTML by issuing the following
commands:</para>
+ create an HTML version of the Help documentation by issuing the following
+ commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure \
--prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix gnome-doc-utils) &&
make -C doc html</userinput></screen>
- <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
- install the documentation files:</para>
+ <para>If you created the HTML documentation, install it by issuing the
+ following commands as the
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role='root'><userinput>install -v -m755 -d
/usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/figures &&
-install -v -m644 doc/C/html/* /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;
&&
-install -v -m644 doc/C/figures/* \
- /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/figures &&
+install -v -m644 doc/C/figures/* \
+ /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/figures
&&
+install -v -m644 doc/C/html/* \
+ /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version; &&
+
ln -v -s /usr/share/xml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets-&docbook-xsl-version;/images \
/usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/stylesheet</userinput></screen>
@@ -146,8 +153,9 @@
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role='root'><userinput>install -v -m755 -d
/usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/developer &&
-install -v -m644 doc/developer/* \
- /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/developer &&
+install -v -m644 doc/developer/* \
+ /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/developer
&&
+
rm -v
/usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/developer/Makefile*</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
@@ -161,15 +169,19 @@
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude";
href="../../xincludes/scrollkeeper-dir.xml"/>
+ <para><command>ln -v -s -f ...
+ /usr/share/gnumeric/&gnumeric-version;/doc</command>: There is a bug which
+ prevents the Help files from being properly displayed. The Help system
+ looks for the files in one location, but they are actually installed in
+ another. See
+ <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330339"/>. Creating
+ the symbolic link works around this issue.</para>
+
<para><parameter>--prefix=$(pkg-config
--variable=prefix gnome-doc-utils)</parameter>:
- This rebuilds the <filename>Makefile</filename>s with the same prefix as
- <application>GNOME Doc Utils</application></para>
+ This rebuilds the <filename>Makefile</filename>s with the same prefix used
+ in the <application>GNOME Doc Utils</application> installation.</para>
- <para><command>make -C doc html</command>: This command runs
- <command>make</command> in the <filename class="directory">doc</filename>
- directory with html as the <filename>Makefile</filename> target.</para>
-
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
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