Re: [sprog-users] Sprog Help Please!

[Gavin H. <gh...@fe...>]

On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:09:08 +1300, Grant McLean wrote
> 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?


I wouldn't have thought so. These are all now in Fedora Extras, as of a few
weeks ago. You also need perl-Imager too.

> 
> 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
> 
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