RonSMeyer
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3 years ago I don't know if this will help you or not. I'm coming from Linux Mint and I'm unfamiliar with Redhat. But I hope the package situation is similiar on both Linux versions.
I had to reinstall XE on a clean installation not too long ago and I documented the packages I needed for the install complete. These packages also install a ton of other dependencies so they take a while. But a lot of other stuff use them as well. They seem to be pretty common.
I had a little problem with glib as well but the #4 package below is what made it work.
Please let me know if you receive this email -- I don't always know if these list responses go anywhere.
These are the packages I had to pre-install for XE Editor
- build-essential - this is the compiler and basic stuff
- lib64ncurses-dev:i386
- libcups2-dev
- libappstream-glib-dev
- libdbusmenu-gtk3-dev
./configure --enable-libgnome2=no
On side note, when I had to move from mainframe to unix, trying to use VI after years of ISPF just about gave me a nervous breakdown. The XE editor saved me months of frustration and increased productivity by immeasurably.
I'll tell you XE is very close to ISPF but there are some differences. There are some expanded commands and a few commands work a bit differently but it is well worth keeping documentation handy and referring to it especially when you are first starting.
Note: f - find is case-sensitive, i - is insensitive find. Sort also - read the manual. For example: to sort 1 thru 10 descending the command is 'sort 1-10/r' instead of 'sort 1 10 d'. Read also for hex find and editting.
Basically, now I cannot live without it.
Good Luck
On 10/16/20 9:18 AM, jvanderes wrote:
Great project! Very usefull, as I have some former mainframe files to browse/edit under Linux (Redhat).
Here's the problem: after starting ./configure I got some errors that all good be fixed with yum installs. But in the end I got stuck with an error regarding glib2, it cannot find gio/gio.h, even though it is present in the folder where I expect it. ( /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gio.h ) Experimenting with cflags to change include path, and copying gio.h to other locations did not help. More people (in other projects) seam to have had issues with glib-2.0 and the call to gio.h. Does anyone have suggestions for a solution? Thanx in advance!
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Great project! Very usefull, as I have some former mainframe files to browse/edit under Linux (Redhat).
Here's the problem: after starting ./configure I got some errors that all good be fixed with yum installs. But in the end I got stuck with an error regarding glib2, it cannot find gio/gio.h, even though it is present in the folder where I expect it. ( /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gio.h ) Experimenting with cflags to change include path, and copying gio.h to other locations did not help. More people (in other projects) seam to have had issues with glib-2.0 and the call to gio.h. Does anyone have suggestions for a solution? Thanx in advance!