Topic: installing e-smith-3.0.3-cb2.src.rpm

[Patrick Kessen]

Hi all,

Ive downloaded e-smith-3.0.3-cb2.src.rpm from ftp.e-smith.net/pub/contrib/...........
and now I'm trying to install it but nothing happens.

I did rpm -U e-smith-3.0.3-cb2.src.rpm
I tried rpm -i e-smith-3.0.3-cb2.src.rpm
and nothing happend, if I verify it's not installed.

How do I get this installed, I'd like to try the changes that this package delivers.

Patrick

[Bengt Norhager]

Hi Patrick!

The reason that nothing happens is, that you are installing the source code. As i can see on the e-smith ftp site, the binary file is not there ( e-smith-3.0.3-cb2.i386.rpm ) You can of course make your own binary release, but you need to do that in a computer with Redhat + development tools. After you have installed the source code with the command
rpm -i e-smith-3.0.3-cb2.src.rpm You will find the file e-smith.spec in the directory /usr/src/RPM/SPECS To compile the source, rpm -ba e-smith.spec
The binary file are then located in the directory  /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386

Bengt

[Charlie Brady]

Patrick Kessen wrote:

> How do I get this installed, I'd like to try the changes that
> this package delivers.

I've made a binary rpm which has the same stuff, but with e-smith's latest fixes. Grab it from:

http://e-smith.gormand.com.au/e-smith-3.0.4p1-cb1.i386.rpm

The source is at:

http://e-smith.gormand.com.au/e-smith-3.0.4p1-cb1.src.rpm

You'll need to add an lpr rpm to do the printing - I recommend trying LPRng. There's an RPM for that at the e-smith.gormand.com.au site as well.

Use at your own risk - please let me know how it goes.

Charlie

[Patrick Kessen]

thanks,

I'm so used to compilers being part of Linux installs that I simply forgot and assumed it was supposed to compile automatically.

Thanks

[Charlie Brady]

Patrick Kessen wrote:

> I'm so used to compilers being part of Linux installs that I
> simply forgot and assumed it was supposed to compile
> automatically.

E-smith is not trying to be a general purpose linux system, but rather a small simple reliable network server.

Enjoy the RPM anyway.

Charlie

[Patrick Kessen]

Yo Charlie,

you don't have to sell it to me, I'm allready hoocked;)
Just because I'm satisfied with the product(not for the support) I'll buy it.

Patrick

[Charlie Brady]

Charlie Brady wrote:

> I've made a binary rpm which has the same stuff, but with
> e-smith's latest fixes. Grab it from:
>
> http://e-smith.gormand.com.au/e-smith-3.0.4p1-cb1.i386.rpm

I've found a permissions problem in this rpm, so there is now a replacement:

http://e-smith.gormand.com.au/e-smith-3.0.4p1-cb2.i386.rpm

This has a new feature - you can put template files under
/etc/e-smith/skel/user and they will be expanded into the home
directory when new users are added. I use it to make Eudora and
netscape config files preconfigured for users.

Charlie