What follows contains instructions for easy installation either with official packages or by following a simple complete procedure in case you do not have root access.
Packages
Automatic installation packages for Adun are available for
- Fedora 12,13 and 14
- SUSE 11.3.
To get them you first have to add an Adun repository to the list of known repositories on your machine.
Once this is done you can install Adun with a click and also automatically update the program to new versions.
1. Choose a Repository
First choose one of these two repositories:
- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/adundevs/[Distro]
- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/adundevs:/gsunstable/[Distro]
Where [Distro] will be e.g. Fedora_13. (see http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/adundevs for the different choices).
The first repository provides Adun built using the latest stable GNUstep libraries, while the second provides Adun built using the latest unstable GNUstep libraries. Currently we recommend the first for 64 bit machines and the second for 32 bit.
2. Add the Repository
See either the Suse guide to adding package repositories or the Fedora guide to adding package repositories.
3. Choose an Adun Package
Once you have added the desired repository can choose between these four packages
- Adun
- The latest release (or release candidate) of the program.
- Adun-Devel
- As above plus extra stuff necessary if you want to develop plugins
- Adun-Snapshot
- The latest snapshot of the CVS
- Adun-Snapshot-Devel
- As above plus extra stuff necessary if you want to develop plugins
Adun-Snapshot will be updated more frequently, but is more likely to be broken occasionally. Choose whichever suits the best because that’s the one you’ll get updates for from then on.
To install the program from the command line run
- Suse: zypper install [Adun Package Name]
- Fedora: yum install [Adun Package Name]
where [Adun Package Name] is the name of one of the packages listed above. Alternatively both Suse and Fedora provide GUIs which allow you to simply search for ‘Adun’ and then click on one of the packages to install it.
links to the SUSE packages not working. Links to the RPM packages missing
yum needs root password, but in principle it should be possible to install the RPM packages in a location that is under the user’s home directory. is there any way to install the RPM packages while not being root?
They are not actually links – (they were auto generated as such) -see the line following the links
Where [Distro] will be e.g. Fedora_13. (see http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/adundevs for the different choices).
The link in this line works
No idea – I assume there is such a flag. Although I’d point out that package management systems in general are built for installs by root and going around this could open a can of worms!
I have added a complete procedure that should work in any Linux, or at least under Fedora