Re: [sprog-users] Sprog Help Please!

[Grant M. <gr...@mc...>]

On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 18:03 +0000, Mark A. Smith wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Mark

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> I'm a novice Linux user and have been trying to get Sprog (which looks
> like a fantastic app) to work on Centos Enterprise v4.2  (Intel xeon
> smp 2gh/512mb - centos full install) - with no luck - 

I'm primarily a Debian user, so I can't offer specific advice about
Centos.

Did you try installing the RPM from the SourceForge site?

  http://sprog.sourceforge.net/install/index.html#rpm

> I know there are component libraries which need to be installed such
> as... 
>  
>  
> GTK+ libraries 
> libgnomecanvas* 
> libglade
> Perl - preferably version 5.8, along with the following CPAN modules: 
>       * Gtk2 Perl bindings 
>       * Gnome2::Canvas* 
>       * Gtk2::GladeXML 
>       * Class::Accessor 

Actually, Class::Accessor is no longer needed.  I'll update the web
page.

>       * YAML 
>       * Pod::Simple 

This is the list of packages from Gavin's RPM spec file:

  perl
  perl-Gtk2
  perl-Gtk2-GladeXML
  perl-Gnome2-Canvas
  perl-YAML
  perl-Pod-Simple

Are these available as RPMs from the standard Centos repository?

You definitely don't want to be trying to install the Gtk, Glade and
GnomeCanvas modules direct from the CPAN source tarballs - that would
require having a bunch of development packages installed and even then
significant knowledge will be required.

> When I try to install these I get missing package dependencies and
> when I install the missing components they are not found by Sprog or
> other dependant components. 

That tends to suggest that the installation failed.  However, without
seeing the messages produced during the installation I can only guess.

> I've also been trying to find rpm files where poss. (to satisfy the
> dependencies and have been using fedora core 4 rpms as I cant find the
> rpms for centos) but when I download a component package in tgz format
> I unpack and install them using the 'default' install method...
>  
> ./configure
> make
> make install

That would really be the hard way.  It would also not be the right way
for CPAN tarballs.

This sort of problem is the reason I moved from RedHat to Debian.  In
Debian, it really is as simple as adding the Sprog repository into the
package manager and selecting the libsprog-perl package for
installation.  You can even do it all by pointing and clicking if you
use the Synaptic package manager.  I know that doesn't help solve your
current problem - but after people told me a few times I eventually
tried it and haven't looked back.  Note, when I say Debian, I'm
including Ubuntu - that's what I run on my development system.  The
Ubuntu live CD is a painless way to evaluate it.

Regards
Grant