[CentOS] gnumeric on CentOS 5

[James A. Peltier]

Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On 10/23/07, James A. Peltier <jpeltier at cs.sfu.ca> wrote:
>> Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>> On 10/22/07, James A. Peltier <jpeltier at cs.sfu.ca> wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to install Gnumeric using the kbsingh RPMs.  Has anyone been
>>>> able to use these with CentOS 5?
>>>>
>>>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>>>> Setting up Install Process
>>>> Setting up repositories
>>>> kbs-Extras-i386           100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>>> kbs-Misc-i386             100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>>> updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>>> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>>> centosplus                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>>> addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>>> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>> <snip>
>>>> gnumeric-1.4.3-2.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 127 kB    00:00
>>>> ---> Package gnumeric.i386 1:1.4.3-2 set to be updated
>>> I do not see gnumeric for CentOS 5 in the kbs-foo repos.  Are your
>>> repo files actually pointing to C5 not C4?
>>>
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>> C4
> 
> First, regarding gnumeric, because there is no CentOS-5 rpm,
> rebuilding from the FC6 src.rpm file is the way to go as Frank Fox
> wrote.  You may have to get some -devel packages from FC6 as well if I
> remember.
> 
> Second, because gnumeric is not available for CentOS 5, the yum
> command should say Nothing to do.  Your kbs-Extras repos are probably
> not right.  Install the .repo files from http://centos.karan.org/ .
> Note also that as of this writing (October 23, 2007), C5 packages are
> still in testing.  If you need them, you need to add
> --enablerepo=kbs-CentOS-Testing as an option to the yum command.
> 
> Akemi
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I built it manually from SRPMs it it's working fine now.  Thanks.

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