Greetings,
I am setting up a CentOS+BlueQuartz server, replacing my Cobalt machine.
On my Cobalt I had installed a set of pre-made binary's for netpbm.
Using "yum search", I found and installed "netpbm.i386" but I am at a loss as to how to use the resulting libraries from my php scripts etc.?
Do I need to install the netpbm-progs.i386 and netpbm-devel.i386 also??
- Bill (Linux dumb but learning!)
--------------------------------- William J.A. Brillinger Precision Design Co.
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Do I need to install the netpbm-progs.i386 and netpbm-devel.i386 also??
netpbm is the libraries - needed by everything (compiled programs, etc) netpbm-progs is the command line utilities netpbm-devel are the header files, etc needed to compile programs using the netpbm libraries.
Depending on whether you are using C/C++ programs (need the -devel to compile) or bash scripts (use the commandline utils, thus need -progs) you'll want to have one or the other (or both...)
Cheers, MaZe.
At 12:37 PM 08/09/2005, you wrote:
Do I need to install the netpbm-progs.i386 and netpbm-devel.i386 also??
netpbm-progs is the command line utilities
Cheers, MaZe.
netpbm-progs.i386 10.25-2.EL4.1 update Matched from: netpbm-progs
"Tools for manipulating graphics files in netpbm supported formats. The netpbm-progs package contains a group of scripts for manipulating the graphics files in formats which are supported by the netpbm libraries. For example, netpbm-progs includes the rasttopnm script, which will convert a Sun rasterfile into a portable anymap. Netpbm-progs contains many other scripts for converting from one graphics file format to another.
If you need to use these conversion scripts, you should install netpbm-progs. You'll also need to install the netpbm package."
It would have been nice if the description (above) include the text "command line tools" or similar.
Thank you for your help! - Bill
--------------------------------- William J.A. Brillinger Precision Design Co.
E-Mail: mailto:billy@pdcweb.net Web site: http://www.pdcweb.net
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 12:52 -0500, William J.A. Brillinger wrote:
At 12:37 PM 08/09/2005, you wrote:
Do I need to install the netpbm-progs.i386 and netpbm-devel.i386 also??
netpbm-progs is the command line utilities
Cheers, MaZe.
netpbm-progs.i386 10.25-2.EL4.1 update Matched from: netpbm-progs
"Tools for manipulating graphics files in netpbm supported formats. The netpbm-progs package contains a group of scripts for manipulating the graphics files in formats which are supported by the netpbm libraries. For example, netpbm-progs includes the rasttopnm script, which will convert a Sun rasterfile into a portable anymap. Netpbm-progs contains many other scripts for converting from one graphics file format to another.
If you need to use these conversion scripts, you should install netpbm-progs. You'll also need to install the netpbm package."
It would have been nice if the description (above) include the text "command line tools" or similar.
Well, it does say "script" four times, although I suppose non-programmers might not make the connection between "script" and "command-line".
At 08:25 PM 08/09/2005, you wrote:
It would have been nice if the description (above) include the text "command line tools" or similar.
Well, it does say "script" four times, although I suppose non-programmers might not make the connection between "script" and "command-line".
I found the descriptions for all 3 netpbm packages to be similar enough that they all became vague.
netpbm The netpbm package contains a library of functions which...
netpbm-progs The netpbm-progs package contains a group of scripts for...
netpbm-devel The netpbm-devel package contains the header files and static libraries...
hmmm. But in any case, it's all working now.
It interesting to me that you infer that one need's to be a programmer to 'get' it - which I suppose it why Linux has not caught on at the desktop level yet really. Most people don't 'get' it.
I've been programming for 15 years and script to me sounds like "a series of commands to make a task easier" not the executables which would interface with my "scripts".
Oh well.
I've sent a short message to the developer suggesting a minor rewording for the "Linix Dumb", like me. I'll catch on yet.
Cheers, - Bill
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