THE GOAL: to setup my HP 715 as an alternative to a windoze box.

requirements:


NOTE: RedHat 6.0 Linux has all of these features and more.  The GNOME
desktop and gnumeric spreadsheet is what inspired me to set up and
equip my HP.  Anything LINUX can do with GNU software, my HP should be
able to do as well.  Maybe not as fast, but nonetheless, with more reliable
hardware.  





  notes and information on setting up downloaded s/w 


I've downloaded applications from GNU and Hp's software site.
What follows is the sequence of installation and various notes.

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SOME APPLICATIONS and prerequisites  downloaded from HP's
free archive on the web.  Much of this was needed to compile
and load gnumeric/GNOME.  I will also load PPP later.
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SOFTWARE packages: (located presently in the SOURCE directory)

abs-0_5-sd-10_20_depot.gz
catdoc-0_90_2-sd-10_20_depot.gz
electric-5_4g6-sd-10_20_depot.gz
glib-1.2.3-sd-10.20.depot.gz
gs-5_10-sd-10_20_depot.gz
gtk+-1.2.3-sd-10.20.depot.gz
MHonArc-2_3_3-sd-10_20_depot.gz
mswordview-0_5_14-sd-10_20_depot.gz
navigator-v461-export_hppa1_1-hp-hpux20_tar.gz
siag-3_1_2-sd-10_20_depot.gz
slang-1_3_7-sd-10_20_depot.gz
slsc-0_2_3-sd-10_20_depot.gz
tcl-8_0p2-sd-10_20_depot.gz
tcl-8_1_1-sd-10_20_depot.gz
tk-8_1_1-sd-10_20_depot.gz
tre-1_2-sd-10_20_depot.gz
weblint-1_020-sd-10_20_depot.gz
wxftp-0_4_4-sd-10_20_depot.gz
XawPlus-2.0-sd-10.20.depot.gz
Xaw3d-1.5-sd-10.20.depot.gz
xfsm-1_95-sd-10_20_depot.gz
xpip-2_2-sd-10_20_depot.gz
xpm-3.4k-sd-10.20.depot.gz
xpm-3_4k-sd-10_20_depot.gz
xtar-1_4_1-sd-10_20_depot.gz
zlib-1_1_3-sd-10_20_depot.gz

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First step was gunzip *.gz in the directory.

Second step, try to figure out which one to install first.
	In trying to load mswordview first, I found it needed zlib,

Went into SAM, provided path to depot, installed in the following order:

zlib  >-->  /opt/zlib
mswordview  >-->  /opt/mswordview (needed zlib)
xtar  >--> /opt/xtar 
xpm >--> /opt/xpm 
xpip  >--> /opt/xpip
xfsm  >--> /opt/xfsm
gs  >--> /opt/gs
glib  >--> /opt/glib
gtk  >--> /opt/gtk
wxftp  >--> /opt/wxftp (needed glib & gtk+)
weblint  >--> /opt/weblint
tre >--> /opt/tre
tcl >--> /opt/tcl  (did 8_0, then 8_1)
tk >--> /opt/tk (needed tcl)
slang >--> /opt/slang 
slsc >--> /opt/slsc  (needed slang)
xpm >--> /opt/xpm  (loaded both 3.4 & 3_4 ???)
Xaw3d >--> /opt/Xaw3d 
XawPlus >--> /opt/XawPlus 
siag >--> /opt/siag  (needed xpm and Xaw3d)
electric >--> /opt/electric
catdoc >--> /opt/catdoc
abs >--> /opt/abs
MHonArc >--> /opt/MHonArc

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At this point it was quitting time for the day, and I had
all the packages loaded from the HP site. 
  The /opt directory looks like this right now:
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>--> ls -FC
 ---            dcelocal/       lost+found/     #_slsc/         #_wxftp/
#_MHonArc/      #_electric/     #_mswordview/   #_tcl-8.0/      #_xfsm/
#_Xaw3d/        #_glib/         nettladm/       #_tcl-8.1/      #_xpip/
#_XawPlus/      graphics/       pd/             #_tk-8.1/       #_xpm/
#_abs/          #_gs-5.10/      screencapture/  #_tre/          #_xtar/
audio/          #_gtk+/         sharedprint/    upgrade/        #_zlib/
#_catdoc/       ifor/           #_siag/         video/
dce/            image/          #_slang/        #_weblint/

#_ - indicates a new directory

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NEXT, PPP
Then  gnumeric.  7/15/99
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 PPP on an HP 





 gnumeric on an HP system 

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In order to compile gnumeric, a GNU application, the
following GNU packages must be installed.    (OR, see the list from HP)

gnumeric-0.18 
     The GNOME spreadsheet
     Long description | Package | Sources
     Maintained by: nacai@iname.com

Requires: 

--ORBit-0.4.2, 
--XFree86-3.3.3.1, 
--esound-0.2.8, 
--gettext-0.10.35, 
--giflib-3.0, 
--glib-1.2.1, 
--gnomeaudio-1.0.0,
--gnomecore-1.0.3, 
--gnomelibs-1.0.4, 
--gtk-1.2.1, 
--guile-1.3, 
--imlib-1.9.4, 
--jpeg-6b, 
--libaudiofile-0.1.6, 
--libghttp-1.0.2,
--libgtop-1.0.1, 
--libxml-1.0.0, 
--png-1.0.3, 
--python-1.5.1, 
--tcl-8.0.4, 
--tiff-3.4a, 
--tk-8.0.4, 
--xpm-3.4k

FROM HP's ARCHIVE, these can be found:


needed:  >-->

Directory /hpux/Gnu:
>--> gettext-0.10.35     This project is part of the GNU Translation Project
>--> guile-1.3           A portable, embeddable Scheme implementation written in C

Directory /hpux/Gtk:
>--> ORBit-0.4.3         High-performance CORBA Object Request Broker
>--> ORBit-0.4.90        High-performance CORBA Object Request Broker
>--> gnome_core-1.0.5    Programs for the GNOME GUI desktop environment
>--> gnome_lib-1.0.8     The GNOME development libraries and executables
>--> gnome_lib-1.0.9     The GNOME development libraries and executables
>--> libghttp-1.0.4      Library for HTTP protocol
>--> libgtop-1.1.0       Library that fetches system related information

Directory /hpux/Languages:
>--> python-1.5.1        A sophisticated, new, interpreted OOP language

Directory /hpux/X11/Graphics:
>--> imlib-1.9.4         A general Image loading and rendering library
>--> jpeg-6b             Image de/compression package using the JPEG standard
>--> libpng-1.0.3        Portable Network Graphics (PNG) library
>--> tiff-3.4b037        Graphics library for the manipulation of TIFF image files

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