Help: Installing Ximian on Debian 2.2

[Ben <ben javacoder net>]

Hi,

I have been trying to install Ximian on Debian 2.2 for a week now 
and I have still not got it sorted!

I have installed Debian 2.2 with only the X stuff selected (during 
install in simple mode). I then installed Xfree86 4.1.0 to run X 
and configured that.

To install Ximian I downloaded the packages, installer and xml files 
from the Ximian site and then burned them onto CD. I copied the files 
then to my /home directory and then though X I ran the installer 
program.

It launches ok and displays the installer dialog. It then checked 
for dependancies and found some. At that point I stopped the install 
process and added the packages that it said it needed manually.

After configuring sawfish-gnome and all the other packages it complained 
about, I re-ran the installer and it keeps crashing with a Segment 
fault when it checks dependancies.

The console I launch the installer from has a load of output in it 
including:-

--- FAILED ---
Total failed: 0
--- CONFLICTS ---
Exiting install deps page
Entering install deps page
Adding package big-buddy
Adding package liborbit0
Adding package orbit
Adding package gnome-control-center
Adding package libcapplet0
Adding package gnome-core
Adding package gnome-applets
Adding package gnome-bin
Adding package gnome-help
Adding package gnome-help-data
Adding package gnome-panel
Adding package gnome-panel-data
Adding package gnome-session
Adding package gnome-terminal
Adding package libpanel-applet0
Adding package libga16
Adding package libaudiofile0
NOT adding package sawfish

..and then that is all...

Obviously it isn't working, but what is the best way to go about 
installing Debian and Ximian? I would prefer a method of creating 
a CD with all the packages and then installing it that way, rather 
that having to have a network (Internet) connection.

If someone could maybe let me know a good bottom up installation 
route, then I could follow that.


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b e n @ j a v a c o d e r . n e t - w w w . j a v a c o d e r . n e t




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