[ESS] Gnome 2.9 and pybliographer on ubuntu (debian) systems

[christopher gale (moa)]

the pixmap is at /usr/local/share/pixmaps, sorry.

Chris

christopher gale (moa) wrote:

> Some of you (like me) may be using ubuntu hoary, a debian sid based 
> distribution which is beta testing Gnome 2.9. The standard debian 
> version of pybliographer requires python 2.3, and hoary is using 
> python 2.4.
>
> Using synaptic or apt-get install does not work due to package 
> conflicts. This is not satisfactory as gbib does not have the 
> flexibility needed (including ability to get papers from medline).
>
> However, this is fixable. If you have access to the main debian 
> repositories (universal) then:
>
> # apt-get build-dep python-bibtex
>
> -- this installs the recode patch.
>
> Then ignore the debian versions. Go to sourceforge and download 
> python-bibtex and pybliographer. If you install in ~/tmp then.
>
> $ cd ~/tmp
> $ tar -xzvf python-bibtex-XXX.tar.gz (I just type the first few 
> letters and hit TAB: there is a reason to use bash :-) )
> $ tar -xzvf pybliographer-XXX.tar.gz
> $ cd python-bibtex-XXX.
> (this is exactly the same as for gentoo: I used the same script. You 
> will need root access to install, so)
> # python setup.py build
> # python setup.py install
>
> Now move to the pybliographer folder and:
> $ .configure
> $ make && make clean
> # make install.
>
> Finally, if (like me) you are lazy, right click on the desktop and 
> make a new launcher. the command is /usr/local/bin/pybliographic:  a 
> logo lives at /user.local/share/pixmaps.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Chris
>
> kiwidoc at pl.net
>
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