Install latest development build package
Hi,
I have Fedora 7 and want to install the latest development build (autopackage based installation package). I don't know whether my install will go file on Linux if I download the autopackage. Isn't there a simple directory installation that I can simply download and copy in one of my directories? Like the one you have for Windows? It would be great if you could point me to such a directory installation tarball? Otherwise, I fear that after downloading I will fall into resolving the dependency hell.
-- Best regards,
Asif
Asif Lodhi wrote:
I have Fedora 7 and want to install the latest development build (autopackage based installation package). I don't know whether my install will go file on Linux if I download the autopackage. Isn't there a simple directory installation that I can simply download and copy in one of my directories? Like the one you have for Windows? It would be great if you could point me to such a directory installation tarball? Otherwise, I fear that after downloading I will fall into resolving the dependency hell.
Autopackage has its own dependency check and resolver, it will download and install the needed dependencies, if any (I am also using the autopackage version with Fedora 7, but to be safe, I first uninstalled the Inkscape which come from Fedora repositories, rpm -e inkscape).
Hi Nicu,
Thanks for replying.
On 9/24/07, Nicu Buculei <nicu_gfx@...2342...> wrote:
Autopackage has its own dependency check and resolver, it will download and install the needed dependencies ...
The problem is my dial-up internet connection (on Fedora 7) doesn't seem to be working. And, since it's a "dial-up" connection, autopackage's "downloading" of dependencies would mean substantial delay in installing the whole thing. And, since my dial-up Internet connection on F7 is NOT working, I _have_ to somehow download the Inkscape's F7 installation using Windows.
Any helpful suggestions?
-- Thanks & regards,
Asif
Asif Lodhi wrote:
On 9/24/07, Nicu Buculei <nicu_gfx@...2342...> wrote:
Autopackage has its own dependency check and resolver, it will download and install the needed dependencies ...
The problem is my dial-up internet connection (on Fedora 7) doesn't seem to be working. And, since it's a "dial-up" connection, autopackage's "downloading" of dependencies would mean substantial delay in installing the whole thing. And, since my dial-up Internet connection on F7 is NOT working, I _have_ to somehow download the Inkscape's F7 installation using Windows.
Depending on what you have installed in your system, you may need no additional dependency
Any helpful suggestions?
Inkscape used to have "static" RPMs (only for stable releases, not for nightly builds), but we don't have those anymore, so it is not a solution.
The only option I can see is to compile from sources...
Hi Niku,
On 9/24/07, Nicu Buculei <nicu_gfx@...2342...> wrote:
The only option I can see is to compile from sources...
Then again I'll have to download the necessary dependencies - that thing that I really want to save myself from. I don't know whether F7 includes all of the dependencies that Inkscape requires or not. The reason I fear a dependency downloading purgatory is that Fedora folks have been taking things out in every release instead of adding up more stuff. For example, KOffice is not in F7.
I'll try anyway.
-- Best regards,
Asif
Asif Lodhi wrote:
Then again I'll have to download the necessary dependencies - that thing that I really want to save myself from. I don't know whether F7 includes all of the dependencies that Inkscape requires or not. The
All the necessary dependencies *are* in F7, they may not be installed by default or may not be on the first DVD, but they are packaged (so available for yum install, which you unfortunately can't use).
I expect (but I am not certainly sure) if you used to have Inkscape 0.45 installed from the Fedora repositories, you should already have all the needed dependencies installed, so you need only the autopackage installer and inkscape in autopackage format.
reason I fear a dependency downloading purgatory is that Fedora folks have been taking things out in every release instead of adding up more stuff. For example, KOffice is not in F7.
KOffice was not removed form F7, it was removed from the main DVD image, but it is available for yum install.
This is offtopic here, but Fedora really added a lot of packages, part of them by merging Core and Extras and part as completely new packages. What happened in your case is that the main DVD does not have room for all those packages, so part of the applications are available *only* for online install (note: at some point it was discussed a second DVD for an "everything" install, but that disk was not produced for F7)
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