You don't have to necessarily use the setup.py, but it installs only the needed files into various place, like a normal installation routine ... If it runs good for you, then you don't need to install, but i think it would be better, for skins and plugins for example! ... Don't say we didn't warn you ;)
/jan -- VIVA Media AG Jan Grewe Gruppe IT Schanzenstraße 22 51063 Köln Tel: +49 (221) 6509 3342 Fax: +49 (221) 6509 93342 Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von joe bloggs Gesendet: Freitag, 31. Oktober 2003 09:29 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo Download File Confusion T.C. Many thanks for the suggestions. Just one other question. If I am installing freevo using the tgz file do I need to use the setup.py file? Freevo works just fine without running this file. So what is the purpose of setup.py? I understand you can use it for building and installing python programs but like I said, freevo works just fine without running it. Many thanks in advance, Joe --- Wan Tat Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, joe bloggs wrote: > > > I am confused as to which files I should be > > downloading to run Freevo 1.4. > > > > I started off by downloading: > > > > freevo-1.4-rc1.tgz > > > > and extracted this file. After the extraction, I > ran > > freevo setup from the extraction dir and was then > able > > to run ./freevo with out problem (well that is not > > entirely true, I had to install cdparanoia). > However, > > I ran into dependency problems when running: > > > > python setup.py install > > The tgz file assumes you'll do all the configuration > and installation > manually. > > > > > > The Freevo web page specifies that the most > straight > > forward approach is to download and use the binary > > files. I am assuming these are: > > > > freevo-1.4-rc1.i386.rpm > > freevo-apps-1.4-rc1.i386.rpm freevo-runtime-8.01-rc1.i386.rpm > > > > The RPMs are packaged from the freevo*tgz file. By > using RPMs the system > RPM database knows about the existence of freevo and > can help perform some > package and version dependency checks. Generally if > you're using a > RPM-based distro (RedHat, etc.) installation using > RPMs are 'safer'. > > > So I installed all these as well and was able to > run > > ./freevo from the /usr/local/freevo directory > without > > problem. > > > > You don't need both (and shouldn't install both). I > can't remember if the > 1.4rc1 full binary tgz file installs freevo to > /usr/lib/python2.2/* or to > /usr/local/freevo. If you're not careful, you may > end up with two > different freevo installs (worse, of different > versions) and depending on > how you start freevo, run one or the other > accidentally. > > > > My question is, what is the difference between the > two > > approaches? Which one should I use? Have I > missed > > any steps for either installation approach? > > > > The RPMs are probably easier for folks who don't > want to worry about > leftover files from upgrades etc since RPM will > remove all files from a > package during that process. However, you may run > into 'dependency-hell' > where installating a package fails due to missing > dependency packages, > etc. if it wasn't built correctly or not targeted to > your distribution. > TGZ are for 'purists' who don't care so much about > RPM database > consistency and want as much control as possible > (similar to building the > package from scratch yourself). > > T.C. > ---- > Wan Tat Chee (Lecturer) > School of Computer Science, Univ. of Science > Malaysia, > 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia. 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