RedHat 8.0 + SEQ -> easiest install yet

[otterpop]

This has been the easiest installation of SEQ since the first couple of versions :)

Here's what I did + some notes:

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Notes:
*** If you are using this machine ONLY for SEQ, just do a full install - install everything - it will make life easier. ***

1) I did a custom installation - I actually use this machine for other stuff.
2) Make sure you have qt-3.0.5-17.i386.rpm and qt-devel-3.0.5-17.i386.rpm installed.
3) No need to export the old gcc3 environment stuff - it's all standard now.
4) I didn't use passive-ftp for my wget stuff cause I use a real firewall at home.

Do this stuff as root:

cd /usr/lib
wget ftp://smurfette.trifocus.net/pub/libeq/linux/libEQ.a
mkdir /seq
cd /seq
wget --passive-ftp http://doomed.to/showeq/qt-gcc3-2.3.2-1.i386.rpm.php
wget --passive-ftp http://doomed.to/showeq/qt-gcc3-dev...-1.i386.rpm.php
rpm -ivh qt-gcc3-2.3.2-1.i386.rpm qt-gcc3-devel-2.3.2-1.i386.rpm
export CVSROOT=:pserver:[email protected] :/cvsroot/seq
cvs login
cvs checkout showeq
cd showeq
make -f Makefile.dist
./configure
make
make install

[Cryonic]

If you have QT and QT devel installed with RH8, then why are you downloading QT 2.3.2 that is compiled with a previous version of gcc? Either use the QT that comes with RH8 or compile QT 2.3.2 yourself with gcc 3.2 (avoids backwards/forwards compatibility issues).

[qflux]

I just installed it with QT-3.0.5

./configure gave me this ({???}) when it came to lookin for QT but the configure still passed and I had no problems with make

pretty nice if you ask me

[Oskar]

I followed your directions and got this. Any ideas?

error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++.so.3 is needed by qt-gcc3-2.3.2-1
libstdc++.so.3 is needed by qt-gcc3-devel-2.3.2-1

[Cryonic]

Don't bother installing the older RPMs. They were compiled with gcc3 and RH8 is using gcc3.2. Also names of RPMs were changed between 7.x and 8.0 of RH. Use 3.0.5 that came with the system, or download and compile QT 2.3.2 yourself.

[Howdy]

When I get to this part:

export CVSROOT=:pserver:[email protected] :/cvsroot/seq

I hit Enter and it returns me to the command line. Then I type: cvs login, and it gives me this error:

[root@localhost seq]# cvs login
bash: cvs: command not found

What am I doing wrong here? Also for some reason, I wasn't able to download the .lib files through the Konsole, I had to use my browser to get them and then paste them in the /usr/lib folder ... not sure what is wrong there.

Thanks for any help.

Howdy

[Cryonic]

I would have to guess that since it says "Command not found" that you don't have cvs installed on your system.

[Howdy]

I just installed RH 8, and am going back and adding on the development packages and stuff that I left out - I am guessing that it is part of one of those?

Also, any idea why I couldn't use the wget ftp:// command to get the .lib files?

Thanks for the quick reply!

Howdy

[fade2000]

Howdy,
The link on otter's original post was different than the current path to that EQ lib. Use this one...

wget ftp://smurfette.trifocus.net/pub/libeq/i386/linux/libEQ.a

As for the install, he hinted at it but I'll say it now. Full Dead Rat 8 install (Custom, scroll to bottom, install everything). Nothing else needed. (Includes latest QT, GCC and libs).

[Howdy]

Well, actually, I was able to post the link into my browser and download the file, but when I type the "wget ftp://..." into the Konsole, it would come back with host not found ... just wanting to be sure that I have everything set up correctly there. I am re-installing all of the extra stuff right now (almost done), and will let you know if that works as soon as it finishes.

New to Linux, sorry for the stupid questions. I love it so far though ;)

Howdy

[Howdy]

Okay now that I have finished installing everything, the CVS part seems to work, but I am getting this:

cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/seq login
Logging in to :pserver:[email protected]:2401/cvsroot/seq
CVS password:
Unknown host cvs.seq.sourceforge.net.

Why does it attempt to log on then give me an unknown host error I wonder?

[Howdy]

I think it's my proxy at work screwing with me - will try this when I take the machine home tonight.

Sorry for being a tard.

[fade2000]

Heh,
You sound like me ... I set mine up at work and took my box home afterward. Oh I love free time at work. :)

Seriously sounds like either you missed your DNS entries:
/etc/resolv.conf

Or you are behind a proxy/filter that isn't allowing you out.

*edit*

It dawned on me you were new to Linux. Here's an example of what's in my resolv.conf file. Just replace with your DNS entries at home.

nameserver 24.93.68.64
nameserver 24.93.68.65

[whitehat]

Installing everything under redhat 8.0 should get it?
trying that now..

[Rockfon]

Hello,
got a problem after doing ./configure

checking for Qt... yes
>> Found version.: 3.0.5
>>> Headers......: /usr/lib/qt3/include/
>>>> Libraries...: /usr/lib/qt3/lib/
configure: error: Something wicked happened while trying to validate your Qt installation!!! Please verify your libraries...

Any hints ? QT 3.0.5. and QT Devel 3.0.5 are installed so far i know.

[Cryonic]

Hints? Yes, Read the FAQ and use the Search feature of the forums.

[Rockfon]

Thanks, that was short and doesnt really help. :D

I have search the most posts, but the easiest answer there always is: "Just install all."
Thats fine, but doesnt work for me, because i only have 2,5 GB space. QT 3.0.5 and QT Devel was already installed, so wasnt easy to find the error that marked with this message below (for a Linux Newb).

Now its installed anyhow. :)

New prob is to get the datas from the EQclient, but im sure reading the FAQ and search the forum and ask some friends will solve this problem too.

So long

[Cryonic]

Funny, I did a search with your error and found:

http://seq.sourceforge.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1489&highlight=Something+wicked+happened

only 10 posts came up. Not exactly a thread lost in the crowd.

[Tele]

I have a question, and have seatbelted myself in for the flames to lick my face.

In the first post on this thread you say "do this"

Below that you have a list of commands for which i have no idea how to activate.

I did a search on "Root" to see if i could find info on what might be expected, but did not find anything i understood.

I am using my box for showeq only, and have done the full install. Do i need to be concerned with that code if i have a full install or is that part of the install process you used?

What might i search under to find (in laymans terms) what the next step would be to getting SEQ onto my Linux RH 8.0 System.

Tele

[eqhunter]

this was lost ... bumping it to the top to help the newbeeeeees.. it helpped me


Thanks

[Mornie]

hmm I get the something wicked happened as well

dont have the space to do a full install, and even if I did I wouldnt want to with all the crap RH installas that I dont need ( some with suid bugs ).

Tried with the

--without-qt-validation flag
but that gave me compilation errors and it stopped..

any hints??

do I need to recompile qt?? (shiver)

*** edit ***

just downloaded qt-2.3.2 followed the instructions I found in INSTALL file but ended up with this error in make..
(did ./configure -thread only)

kernel/qt_x11.h:84:34: X11/extensions/shape.h: No such file or directory
kernel/qpsprinter.cpp: In member function `USHORT
QPSPrinterFontTTF::unicode_for_glyph(int)':
kernel/qpsprinter.cpp:3328: warning: `ULONG offset' might be used
uninitialized
in this function
kernel/qpsprinter.cpp: In constructor
`QPSPrinterFont::QPSPrinterFont(const
QFont&, QPSPrinterPrivate*)':
kernel/qpsprinter.cpp:5195: `XGetFontPath' undeclared (first use this
function)
kernel/qpsprinter.cpp:5195: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
once
for each function it appears in.)
kernel/qpsprinter.cpp:5235: `XFreeFontPath' undeclared (first use this
function)
make[3]: *** [kernel/qpsprinter.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/qt-2.3.2/src'
make[2]: *** [src-mt] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/qt-2.3.2'
make[1]: *** [src-mt] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/qt-2.3.2'


any ideas?

[Mr. Suspicious]

any ideas?

Look at the first line of your error:


kernel/qt_x11.h:84:34: X11/extensions/shape.h: No such file or directory

You didn't install/download all required files. Or, most likely, you installed QT2.3.2 OVER the already installed QT3.0.x that comes with RH 8.0 in which case you completely messed up your entire system.

[Mornie]

RH installs qt under /usr/lib/qt3 and defualt install when set up as it says in install file for qt-2.3.2 is /usr/share/lib/qt-2.3.2

shouldnt have been a problem..

some package dependencie Im missing??