Re: upgrade strategy help wanted

[Martin Hawlisch <hawlisch roxi rz fh-mannheim de>]

Hi,

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Erik Bryer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I want to upgrade to the newly released gnumeric, version 0.56.
> However, the readme states I need:
> 
>         gnome-libs-1.0.57
>         gnome-print-0.20
>         gnome-xml-1.8.7
>         libglade-0.13
> 
> ...but I have the default rh6.1 stuff installed:
> 
> 	gnome-libs-1.0.40-1
> 	libglade-0.6-1 
> 
> ...and no gnome-print or gnome-xml. I am prepared to ditch the rpms
> and start fresh, but I have a few questions:
> 
> -Although the readme states gnome-libs-1.0.57 are required, this is
> not even close to the latest version, 1.2.3. Can I assume I can
> upgrade to 1.2.3 and it'll work?
>
> -Am I better off trying to locate RPMs for the required packages and
> upgrading (rpm -u) or ditching the RPMs and compiling myself?
> 
> -Where can I get gnome-xml? I found a libxml directory at
> ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources, but no gnome-xml directory.

You'd better get all the greatest and lates packages by simply installing
helix-gnome:

http://www.helixcode.com/desktop/download.php3

It'll give you the lates gnumeric, gnome-libs, ... and everything else. 

> (-Just out of curiosity, what's bonobo?)
read http://www.helixcode.com/tech/bonobo.php3

 Cheers, Martin.

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