clvrmonkey
07-21-2001, 01:27 AM
I'm working with linux for really the first time (played with some shells, but thats it). I am using a default install of Mandrake 7.2 with KDE. I would really like to try the new beta of evolution, but there is no rpm or binary. Do I have to download all of the dependencies (listed on ximian's site), install those, then evolution?
I tried anyway, but didn't get further than the first package I tried to install. I managed to untar it and ran ./configure. No Make file. Oh look, gcc is not installed. So I install gcc. Does alot more stuff, but still no make file... grrr. This time it says something about glib (I believe, closed the terminal and smoked a cig).
What the hell? Is installing anything going to require me to spend hours tracking, installing, and upgrading dependencies?
Please help before I give up for yet another year or so.
I tried anyway, but didn't get further than the first package I tried to install. I managed to untar it and ran ./configure. No Make file. Oh look, gcc is not installed. So I install gcc. Does alot more stuff, but still no make file... grrr. This time it says something about glib (I believe, closed the terminal and smoked a cig).
What the hell? Is installing anything going to require me to spend hours tracking, installing, and upgrading dependencies?
Please help before I give up for yet another year or so.