Re: Balsa RPMs

> I'm looking to re-install balsa on my RH7.2 system. I had a totally
> hosed up(wouldn't send or recieve, froze, crashed ..enuff!)
> balsa-1.2.4-1 that I rpm -e balsa-1.2.4-1
>
> RHN offers balsa-1.2.3-1 but a later build is offered @
> http://balsa.gnome.org/download.html
> The system has GNOME-1.4 version installed. I would prefer to install
> via rpm however I'm not sure that's an option from what I've included
> below.
>
> Download GNOME-1.4 version
> Code that uses GNOME-1.4 libraries. It will work both with GNOME-1.4 and
>  GNOME-2 but balsa-2.0.x is the recommended version for the latter one.
> balsa-1.4.2.tar.bz2 (2.3MB) balsa-1.4.2.tar.gz (3.2MB) Official Packages
>  (released on 2002-12-22) balsa-1.4.2-1.i386.rpm (1.5MB) built on RH7.3.
>  balsa-1.4.2-1_rh72-ximian.i386.rpm    built on RH7.2 with Ximian Gnome
> (1.6M) balsa-1.4.2-1.src.rpm (2.3MB)
> Does this "built on RH7.2 with Ximian Gnome" mean *incompatible with*
> GNOME-1.4 ?
>
> -- ChuckS

Yup. Ximian fubars a lot of stuff on a regular Gnome DE, but some think
it's worth it. Once you have Ximian on your system, you pretty much have
to play the balancing act between the two, and it can be a little
confusing. Best to stick with the Ximian stuff if that's what you have, or
to stay away from it if you don't. It's an either/or situation, not one
where I would recommend trying to mix the 2.


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