On Sunday 17 December 2006 21:36, Thomas Cameron wrote: > John Bowden wrote: > > On Sunday 17 December 2006 19:54, Thomas Cameron wrote: > >> John Bowden wrote: > >>> Hi folks. > >>> I'm trying to find two packages Plptools and Kpsion which will allow me > >>> to connect my Psion S5 to my FC5 box. I have these repositories enabled > >>> in in yum: core, extras, legacy, update, livna and livna updates. Doing > >>> a search amongst those repositories does not find either of the > >>> packages. If I do a search on rpmfind I get a choice of, other, > >>> suse,altlinux and rh7. Which one would be the best / easiest to install > >>> on my fc5 box, or does any one know where I can find fc5 specific > >>> versions of these files. Is there any more repositories that I'm > >>> missing? > >> > >> Why not grab the source at > >> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=8797 and build a > >> new RPM for it? > >> > >> Actually, I just looked and there is a spec file in the tarball. You > >> should be able to build your own RPM issuing the command: > >> > >> rpmbuild -ba plptools.spec > >> > >> Once you've set up your rpmbuild directory structure, of course. See > >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines for some good info > >> about building packages. > >> > >> Thomas > > > > I have dl the source and compiled plptools. will have a go later at > > turning it into an rpm. Just would just like to find Kpsion a nifty front > > end for it > > Sorry, should have been more clear. If you run configure against the > plptools source with the --enable-kde argument, Kpsion should get built. > See: > > http://plptools.sourceforge.net/kpsion/compiling.html > > Thomas enable-kde - that did the trick. Just trying to find out what serial port its on now! Thanks a lot. Just goes to show it pays to read the manual carefully. -- registered Linux user number 414240 Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions and he was going to blow them up !
