Beagle Part II
I have upgraded Beagle to version 0.2.0 and here I post some additional info about the installation. Also, I have uploaded some spec files.
The News
This time Beagle compiled smoothly. It required an updated version of gmime, actually v2.1.19 or newer, so I upgraded it. I also upgraded Mono to version 1.1.13.2, which also compiled without problems.
The EvolutionDataServer backend still produces problems and the Beagle daemon crashes when it’s enabled. I don’t know if this is due to the old Evolution Data Server version (v1.2) that ships with FC4 or if the evolution-sharp’s support for this version of the server is not complete. The fact is that it does not work, no matter what I have tried. Anyway, this backend can be disabled when you launch the beagled daemon :
# beagled --deny-backend EvolutionDataServer
You should also try launching the daemon with the --replace option, so that it takes over any already running beagled instances.
More info about my installation and what beagle dependencies I have satisfied so far can be read at my post on the Fedora Forums. The spec files that are mentioned in this post can be found here. Please consider that these spec files are 100% experimental.
UPDATE: I have upgraded my main desktop (!) to Fedora Rawhide. It includes Mono applications, so I guess I won’t be updating those spec files any more. The dependency info inside them was a mess anyway, so they are removed.
The New Interface
Here is a screenshot I took (hosted on Yahoo! Flickr):
The new search interface is a lot better than the old one. I have encountered some random crashes, but I’m not sure if it’s beagle search‘s fault. But, overall it’s great.
I have read lately that Mono will be included in FC5. I consider this as extremely good news. Until next time…
January 25th, 2006 at 4:09 am
Dude, I read your fedora forum post. Some of the required dependencies that you built are not given in the beagle-webpage as dependent. So, I wonder if you actually need them. They include:
any of the gecko-sharp stuff … beagle apparently doesnt need gecko anymore
gtk-sharp-1 : beagle needs gtlk-sharp2 – so I assume it requires gtk-2, but not gtk-1 ?
January 26th, 2006 at 2:53 am
100% correct. The dependencies in the spec files are a mess. I guess I was too furious to see the beagle 0.2.0 new interface, so I did not give the required emphasis… Anyway, I have just upgraded to rawhide, which includes mono apps, so my experimentation is over… for now. ;-) Thanks for the comment.