[bt-devel] rpms

[Fred Saalbach]

Martin Gruner wrote:

> > This results in simpler install, but the instructions will be a lot
> > different than they are now.  Will KDE desktop integration be in the RPM?
>
> Yes. It is already. IMO there will be just one file copied into a special
> directory. Thats it.
>
> > Can we take care of etc/ld.so.conf and sword.conf during the install?  This
> > would further simplify things for users that have beginning knowledge of
> > Linux.
>
> We will no longer have to modify /etc/ld.so.conf, because $KDEDIR/bin should
> be in there and sword is 'inside' the BT binary. That would make it less
> complicated, I guess.
> The module rpms would have to have some standard layout, like a
> /etc/sword.conf pointing to /usr/local/sword, where the modules will be
> installed. Should be possible. I guess Brook did it already in a similar way,
> maybe with different directories.

However we do it it should be compatible with the sword module RPMs that Brook
has been working on.  Brook do you know where you want the RPM's to put things?
If sword is inside bibletime, this might change the RPM dependancies.

>
>
> > After 1.0 I will shortly have the documentation fixed.  Do we want to issue
> > it as a patch?  or wait for the next release?
>
> A good question. Maybe we'll just fix the installation page and have this one
> translated quickly? The rest could go into the next release.
> Maybe we should put all into the next release. Joachim?
>
> Martin

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Fred Saalbach
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