Re: gEDA-user: gedagaf runs on RH8

[Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:59:01 -0600
From: Mark Rages <markrages@xxxxxxxxx>

Does anyone make packages of gDEA and keep them in a yum or apt
repository? It seems silly to make end-users hunt down dependencies on
their own.  If I remember correctly, the install CD only works on x86
systems anyway.  So why not just make some binary packages? The
install CD took all afternoon to compile.  It would be a lot easier to
just type 'yum install gEDA' and let the computer sort out the deps
and install things in the appropriate places.

I am not necessarily volunteering for this, but if nobody wants to do
it, I could be persuaded.

BTW. Igor, it is pretty painless to upgrade versions of Redhat with
yum or apt. ( You shouldn't need to upgrade on account of gEDA, I'm
just mentioning it because it *is* a lot easier for volunteer
sysadmins like you and me. )

Regards,
Mark
markrages@gmail


On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:38:20 -0500 (EST), Stuart Brorson <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi 00
> 
> I'm very happy to hear that gEDA is making its way into commercial
> enterprises.
> 
> BTW: The whole point behind the CD with the install wizard is to make
> it easy to do commercial installs of gEDA.  The install wizard takes
> care of the whole "configure && make && make install" dance for all of
> the programs in the gEDA Suite.  The install wizard is a "frozen"
> Python program; freezing Python programs is a very
> platform-independent way to distribute executables.  Unfortunately, I
> built it on a system which requires a more modern version of glibc.so
> than is present on RH8.
> 
> Another possibility -- which works for gEDA/gaf -- is to install using
> the setup utility which comes bundled with the pacakge.  I believe you
> can do "make xinstall", and it will do everything for you.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:29:36 -0500 (EST), Stuart Brorson <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Yes, of course gEDA/gaf compiles & runs on RH8.
> >
> > great ...  this was for me ___the___most___important___aspect___.
> > I am running a small network of 14 RH8 workstations in our LAB. We are
> > using them to control GPIB instruments through scripting. Slowly, but
> > surely, I am converting technicians and IC designers from MS WINDOWS
> > (98,2K,XP) to Linux. I've spent last 4 years to come to the point to
> > run small LAN with local authentication in a LAB. RH8 works "just
> > fine[TM]".
> > The major obstacle was the mentality of the users using the following
> > argument : UNIX is way to complicated and non user friendly.
> > We passed that point. They are happy running GPIB instruments in the
> > lab from their cubicles using cygwin/X on their MS XP desktops.
> > Now, I want to show to the users that they can start using Linux to
> > design PCB as well and save money for licensing (EAGLE, PROTEL). And,
> > of course, having schematic/PCB software on ALL 14  boxes without
> > restrictions.
> > I do not want to upgrade all boxes to RH9 and/or above. Yet.
> > It is simply way too much work, which I am not paid for. I am paid for
> > IC design. I've installed and configured a lot of packages over the
> > past 3 years for RH8.
> > In other words, __way__too__much__work (aka pain) to reconfigure LAN
> > and boxes to something newer. I hope that gEDA/gaf + PCB will remain
> > backward compatible in the future.
> >
> > >What won't run on RH8
> > > is the GUI-based *Install Wizard* which lives on the CD ROM
> > > distribution.
> >
> >   OK... I see..  thanks for the clarification
> >
> > That README pertains to the procedure of downloading
> > > the .sio, burning it to a CD, and then running the Install Wizard to
> > > *automatically* build and install gEDA.
> >
> >    OK  thanks for the info
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Igor
> >
> > P.S. : I am working for a semiconductor company in Silicon Valley with
> > +9000 employees worldwide
> >
> 
> 


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