source: xsoft/office/gnumeric.xml@ c64cd93

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gnumeric-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnumeric/1.4/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gnumeric-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnumeric/1.4/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gnumeric-md5sum        "bc60b5c342908e969b320ab833e6b151">
  <!ENTITY gnumeric-size          "16.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnumeric-buildsize     "206 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnumeric-time          "2.46 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gnumeric" xreflabel="Gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gnumeric.html" ?>
<title><application>Gnumeric</application>-&gnumeric-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Gnumeric</application></title>

<para>The <application>Gnumeric</application> package contains a spreadsheet 
program. This is useful for financial analysis.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gnumeric-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gnumeric-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gnumeric-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gnumeric-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&gnumeric-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gnumeric-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Gnumeric</application> dependencies</title>

<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> then 
<xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/> and 
<xref linkend="libgsf"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="python"/>, 
<ulink url="http://www.pygtk.org/">PyGTK</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/download.php">libgnomedb</ulink> 
(requires <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/download.php">libgda</ulink>), 
<ulink url="http://pxlib.sourceforge.net/">pxlib</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://www.frodol.dds.nl/psiconv/index.html">Psiconv</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Gnumeric</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Gnumeric</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
ln -s $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome/help/gnumeric \
      $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnumeric/1.4.1/doc</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch puts 
<application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in 
<filename class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch puts 
configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> 
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><command>ln -s ...</command>: There's a <ulink 
url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161404">bug</ulink> in the 
program that calls <application>Yelp</application> from the main menu 
causing the help function to be unavailable. Creating this symlink allows 
<application>Yelp</application> to find the help files.</para> 

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Gnumeric</application> package contains 
<command>gnumeric</command> (a symlink to <command>gnumeric-1.4.1</command>), 
<command>ssconvert</command> and numerous filters, plugins and 
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> components.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gnumeric</title>
<para><command>gnumeric</command> is
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>'s spreadsheet
application.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>ssconvert</title>
<para><command>ssconvert</command> is a command line utility to convert 
spreadsheet files between various spreadsheet file formats.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>