Re: [LUNI] Faxing from Redhat

From: Altoine B. (altoine@maximumtime.com)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 20:46:40 CST

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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

    -- Al

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