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Anyone get Ximian-Connector working?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:10 pm
by Tyr
Has anyone got the Novell Exchange connector (Ximian-Connector) working for GentooX?
I did a emerge ximian-connector and it did all of the dependencies the halted on the finally step of downloading/installing ximian-connector and gave a message stating you have to download the RPM manually etc. I didn't think Gentoo used RPMs? Also, when I got to Novell's site of course Gentoo is not listed as a supported OS.
To add more complications, I'm a noob to Linux.
Any help is appreciated,
-=Tyr
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:32 am
by nobspangle
certain packages are governed by licenses that mean gentoox cannot distribute the source/package. You need to go to the location it describes and download the appropriate file. However it seems that from version 1.4.7.2 novell have changed the license to GNU so if you install this version it will download and compile in the normal way. To get this version:
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echo "mail-client/ximian-connector ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
emerge ximian-connector
If you don't have a /etc/portage directory you will need to create it first.
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:07 pm
by Tyr
Here's the mesage I get:
Xbox portage # echo "mail-client/ximian-connector ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package keywords
Xbox portage # emerge ximian-connector
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) mail-client/ximian-connector-1.4.6.0.6.1 to /
!!! ximian-connector-1.4.6-0.ximian.6.1.i386.rpm not found in /usr/portage/distfiles.
!!! mail-client/ximian-connector-1.4.6.0.6.1 has fetch restriction turned on.
!!! This probably means that this ebuild's files must be downloaded
!!! manually. See the comments in the ebuild for more information.
* This package requires that you download the rpm from:
*
http://ximian.com/products/connector/do ... nload.html
* and place it in .
*
* NOTE: x86 users should download the package for i386
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:27 pm
by Tyr
Ok, so I went to the URL to download the Ximina-Connector and read that it is now called Evolution and is under the GNU as you stated.
So I did a emerge on Evolution...
Xbox portage # emerge --pretend evolution
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild R ] mail-client/evolution-1.4.6
It is installing now.. I'll give an update when it's done.
-=Tyr
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:41 pm
by nobspangle
only the 1.4.7.2 version is gnu you need to use the ~x86 verison because it is not marked stable in the portage tree.