Software Porting and Archive Center Problems

[someone_4]

Hello
Whenever I download something of the Software Porting and Archive Center for HP-UX.
http://hpux.tn.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/Networking/Mail/alpha.html
I cant get any of the tools to work. I am using hpux 11.0 and downloading the right software I then gzip the gz file. And then do
swinstall -s thenameofthe.depot
I got the files but I cant get the tools to work. Am I missing something?

Thanks
Richard

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi Richard,

I suspect you are 95% of the way. After you do the swinstall, you probably need to modify /etc/PATH and /etc/MANPATH to include the new software directories in your PATH (and MANPATH for the man pages). Also, many packages require other packages to work. In general the README files and the web page itself will list required dependencies.

Clay

[someone_4]

With the wmf app here is what the opt/wmf/doc/HPUX.Intall file says
Here is the part where I get lost.
Compile:

In top level type:
make
make install

Where do I compile this ? And where do I run the make and make install command from?
It didnt come with a man page.
And do the paths matter even if I am root?

Richard

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Oh Richard,

Now I see the problem. You should have downloaded the binaries so that you don't have to compile and link which is what the makefile is doing. Moreover, you would need a deveopment system or download gcc to do much in the way of compiles. Get the binaries and things will be much simpler.

Clay

[someone_4]

On the download page it says
HP-UX 11.00 Dynamically Linked Binary (gzipped)
I thought that meant that it was Binary.
That is why it confused me when it tells me to compile it.

Richard

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Hi Richard,

No the Dynamically linked are the binaries.

I think you are good to go. Try this:
cd /opt/wmf/bin
./wmf -?
That should generate a usage message or at least tell you that you need a ${HOME}/mbox directory.

Clay

[someone_4]

that was it .. it works and its a really nice tool!! I had to make the dir mbox in the home like you stated and I ran the command -?
and saw the option -m.
and it worked really nice formatted the emails and everything. Im going to keep playing with it. thanks Mr. Clay

Richard