[gopher] Re: New client announcement (#2)
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 10:27:42PM -0800, emanuel at heatdeath organisation wrote:
>
> Aw jeez, first I have to install Slackware, get X running, compile and install
> Gnome, compile and install OpenSSL/OpenSSH (so I can get at my e-mail to find
> the link without having somebody snatch my password) to try Stefan Rieken's new
> client, and *now* you want me to install python to try yours as well? Of
> course I'll have to install the JDK, Tomcat and Netscape too, so I can run my
> webgopher on this installation. I'm gonna be up all night :-) Maybe I
> shouldn've installed Debian after all...
No! That's WHY you should install debian. Because instead of
downloading compiling and installing megs upon megs of source, you can
just apt-get to your heart's delight. That is, if you have a decent
connection. There's nothing quite like being on a 56k modem, and
having the system tell you that it's going for 60 packages at 85MB.
:)
Tomcat? What does that do specifically? I've seen it's name
referenced in the same context as java servlets. I've written a few
of those, but I've always used Jserv. Seems to work for me.
I thought it was a bit strange that I wasn't the only one requiring
people to get weird packages in order to run their program. For
Stefans, you'll need helix GNOME, and GNet, which is a package that
doesn't come with helix gnome by default. (Or that's how I got it running
anyway). Just apt-get install libgnet I think...I'd say that GNet and
Pmw are pretty odd packages to require, but you know how some
developers hate to reinvent the wheel. :)
> Actually it's a good excuse to finally get Linux going on this box. And a
> python gopher client can't be anything but good. Can't wait to try
> it.
Cool. I figured too many people were just going to ignore it due to
installation requirements, but you're installing a whole OS to try
it. Oh, by the way, consider the software payment for the
bandwidth of yours that I ate testing it. :)
More software for gopher can ONLY be positive. I would like to
collaborate with other software writers though, since 1 or 2 good
clients is better than 20 pre-beta clients. :)
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