Re: images for Denemo user manual

[Bob Cannon]

By following the instructions here I have a properly installed Denemo.

On 7/23/22 09:40, Richard Shann wrote:
> On Sat, 2022-07-23 at 09:21 -0400, Bob Cannon wrote:
> > My /usr/bin contains a denemo2.2 that I installed with a package
> > manager.  I downloaded source for denemo 2.6.0 into /opt/denemo.
> That's an unusual choice - better download to somewhere in your home
> directory - you only need root permission for the make install command
> (assuming you are wanting to install for all users).
>
> > Compilation with Makefile created the executable as
> > /opt/denemo/denemo2.6.0/bin/src/denemo.
> right, so this is running an un-installed Denemo, as I mentioned this
> will execute ok except it won't have the manual installed (probably
> some other things like translations ...).
>
>
> >    I redirect to the executable in
> > /opt from ~/bin/denemo.
> >
> > The denemo-manual.html file is in /usr/local/share/denemo/manual
> > because
> > that was where the executable wanted to find it.  I have placed the
> > images directory into the same directory, but they don't display.
> >
> > I'll be happy to recompile denemo 2.6.0.  Should I remove or rename
> > any
> > files before compiling?
> I don't know of any problems that would arise from other versions
> lurking elsewhere. The best is to follow the guidance at
> http://denemo.org/hacking-sources/
>
> Hmm, I just checked and I see that page doesn't mention the install
> step! I'll fix that, but suffice to say you need to run
>
> sudo make install
>
> after building.
>
> Richard
> BTW please use "Group Reply" or "Reply to All" so that those searching
> the mailing list archives can follow the thread.
>
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/22/22 11:34, Richard Shann wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 10:20 -0400, Bob Cannon wrote:
> > > > I copied the Denemo sources into my /opt directory, so my
> > > > executable
> > > > Denemo is at /opt/denemo/denemo-2.6.0/src/denemo.
> > > There is no connection between where you place Denemo source files
> > > and
> > > where an executable derived from them will be placed (*). It
> > > depends on
> > > the configure and install steps.
> > >
> > > >     The "Help" pulldown
> > > > for accessing the manual couldn't find the manual at
> > > > /usr/local/share/denemo/manual/denemo-manual.html, so I created a
> > > > directory at that location and placed the manual there.  I've
> > > > placed
> > > > the
> > > > images directory into the same directory as the manual, but
> > > > images
> > > > aren't found when browsing the manual.  Where should the images
> > > > directory be located?
> > > by analogy with where the images are relative to the denemo-
> > > manual.html
> > > file they would need to be in a directory:
> > >
> > > /usr/local/share/denemo/manual/images
> > >
> > > > It seems to me that my makefile should have placed all the files
> > > > where
> > > > they should be located.
> > > yes, indeed the commands
> > > /autogen.sh && ./configure
> > > will create a makefile that does that.
> > >
> > > It's not clear what you are doing - are you building from sources
> > > (if
> > > so which), or are you installing via a package manager, or what?
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > Richard
> > > (*)
> > > Well to be precise, the executable created by the "make" step will
> > > be
> > > in the src directory, but you would need to run the "make install"
> > > step
> > > to marry it up with the manual, although it does execute from src.