glfs/xsoft/office/evolution/evolution-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of <application>Evolution</application></title>

<note><para><application>Evolution</application> requires
<application>Berkeley DB</application>-3.1.17. The details on 
"why" are in the <filename>README</filename> file distibuted with the
<application>Evolution</application> source code. <application>Evolution
</application> links to the library statically, hence this book installs 
the <application>Berkeley DB</application>-3.1.17 in <filename
class="directory">/opt</filename>, which can be removed once 
<application>Evolution</application> is installed.</para></note>

<para>Install <application>Berkeley DB</application>-3.1.17 by
running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd build_unix &amp;&amp;
../dist/configure --prefix=/opt/db-3.1.17 --enable-compat185 &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Install <application>Evolution</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX --with-db3=/opt/db-3.1.17 --enable-openssl &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Optionally, you may remove <application>Berkeley
DB</application>-3.1.17 installed above with this command:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>rm -rf /opt/db-3.1.17</command></userinput></screen>

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