%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Gnumeric-&gnumeric-version; Gnumeric Introduction to Gnumeric The Gnumeric package contains a spreadsheet program. This is useful for financial analysis. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gnumeric-md5sum; Download size: &gnumeric-size; Estimated disk space required: &gnumeric-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gnumeric-time; Gnumeric Dependencies Required and Optional , PyGTK, (combined with the libgsf-gnome-1 library from the package will provide GNOME-2 support), (to convert the XML help documentation into HTML), libgnomedb (requires libgda), pxlib, Psiconv, Hildon, and Gnome Basic (this package is no longer under active development) Though only a run-time dependency, if you don't install the package, the built-in help functionality in Gnumeric will not be available. User Notes: Installation of Gnumeric Install Gnumeric by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir; \ --localstatedir=/var/lib && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install There is a bug in the program. The help system looks for the docs in one location, but they are actually installed in the wrong place. See . If you have installed and would like to be able to use it to view the help documentation from within Gnumeric, work around the problem by creating a symbolic link. As root: ln -vsf /usr/share/gnome/help/gnumeric \ /usr/share/gnumeric/&gnumeric-version;/doc If you have GNOME installed in a prefix other than /usr, as the root user create the following symlink for the Gnumeric Bonobo server file: ln -v -s /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/GNOME_Gnumeric.server \ $(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/bonobo/servers If you have installed you can convert the XML help files into HTML by issuing the following commands: ./configure \ --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix gnome-doc-utils) && make -C doc html Now, as the root user, install the documentation files: install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/figures && install -v -m644 doc/C/html/* /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version; && install -v -m644 doc/C/figures/* \ /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/figures && ln -v -s /usr/share/xml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets-&docbook-xsl-version;/images \ /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/stylesheet If you wish to install the Developer documentation, issue the following commands as the root user: install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/developer && install -v -m644 doc/developer/* \ /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/developer && rm -v /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;/developer/Makefile* Command Explanations --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix gnome-doc-utils): This rebuilds the Makefiles with the same prefix as GNOME Doc Utils make -C doc html: This command runs make in the doc directory with html as the Makefile target. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories gnumeric, gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;, and ssconvert numerous filters, plugins and GNOME components /usr/lib/gnumeric, /usr/share/doc/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;, and /usr/share/{{,gnome/help/, omf/, pixmaps/}gnumeric,mc} Short Descriptions gnumeric is a symlink to gnumeric-&gnumeric-version; gnumeric gnumeric-&gnumeric-version; is GNOME's spreadsheet application. gnumeric-&gnumeric-version; ssconvert is a command line utility to convert spreadsheet files between various spreadsheet file formats. ssconvert