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Richard Reina wrote:
>
> Thank you Simon et al. for suggesting Hylafax. I've heard great things
> about Hylafax I've also heard that it is difficult to install. AND I'M
> HERE TO TELL YA THE RUMORS ARE TRUE. I've wasted the entire day trying
> to install this thing I hav'nt gotten past ./configure.
>
> If any one will have mercy enough to try and help me through my pain I
> would be immensely greatfull. If anybody interested in trying this
> Hylafax why don't we go thought the painfull experience of installing it
> simultaneously. Such a shared experience will not only broden our
> knowlege it may bring us closer as a group.
> Here's a recap of my day so far:
>
> 7:06am : downloaded hylafax-v.4.1beta2.tar.gz (I know newbies like me
> are supposed to stay away from beta but the site seem to indicate that
> this was the version to use.)
>
> 7:19am : ran ./confifgure and got an error message saying that the
> .configure script could not find libbtiff.
>
> 7:25 : edited configure to look in the right place :
> TIFFINC=/usr/include
> LIBTIFF=-L/usr/lib -ltiff
>
> 7:28 : reran ./configure you guessed it same error message.
>
> 7:35 - 10:20 am search the web for help. it seem libtiff 3.5 has a
> compatability problem/bug, however I was not sure how to proceed.
>
> 11:00 kicked the wall a couple of time and had some lunch.
>
> 12:00 downloaded libtiff 3.5-5 from source and installed it. It put the
> tiff files in /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib
>
> 12:20 edited configure to look for tiff in /usr/local/include and
> /usr/local/lib
> and reran script. result AAHHHH *!%*#! NO JOY!
>
> 1:00 - 2:30 got back on the web searched for help. nada.
>
> Part of the trouble may be my newbieness. But if any one can help I
> sure would appreciate it.
>
> RIchard
>
> "Altoine B." wrote:
> >
> > Kevin Conder wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Richard Reina wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does anyone know of any good faxing programs. Currently I am testing
> > > > one called efax-0.9 and I am having some problems with it.
> > >
> > > I was considering using an industrial-strength program called
> > > HylaFax at work. It can be found at http://www.hylafax.org.
> > >
> > > -=- Kevin Conder, http://KevinDumpsCore.com
> > >
> > > -=-
> > Is it NIC friendly or will it require a fax/modem?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -- Al
> > --
> >
> >
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Use this rpm version instead. I hope it helps.
ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/binary/linux/redhat/RPMS/i386/hylafax-4.1beta2-2rh7.i386.rpm
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