Better (easier) way to install kolab on Fedora Core Systems??

[Wolfgang Schleicher]

> Re: Better (easier) way to install kolab on Fedora Core Systems??

> > Hi,
> > 
> > concerning the official kolab screenshots, Kolab seems to be an interesting alternative to open-xchange 
> > without its pseudo ms exchange attributes.
> > 
> > I've tested current open-xchange and I'm not satisfied with that kind of open source groupware 
> > (missing samba integration, missing admin webfronted, poor email frontend, ...)
> > Nevertheless, I like the attempt to set up a groupware on open source standard components. 
> > 
> > Unfortunately, I've no luck trying to install kolab server (2.0.4, 2.1beta2) on a fedora core 5/6test system.
> > 
> > Is it possible to integrate kolab in a already running ldap environment (samba pdc) or can kolab only 
> > be set up on a fresh (debian or whatever) based openpkg system???
> > 
> > I don't see the advantage of packaging kolab with openpkg. Still after a few days I'm unable to install 
> > openpkg on my fedora system. 
> > 
> > Additionally, I don't like the idea to setup kolab on a dedicated (maybe xen based) system only to fullfill 
> > kolab's rpm versions. Does kolab really need special rpms that are already installed during basic linux 
> > (fedora) installations?
> > 
> > So, why is the installation that COMPLICATED, just PREVENTING more users (others than debian?) to 
> > install kolab on more different linux distributions to make kolab more popular?
> > 
> > Today the german kolab forum (www.eforum.de) has been closed, but even there I found no final solution
> > to my problems.
> > 
> > Has anybody a link to prebuild rpms for current fedora versions, or maybe a working howto?
>
> 
> Not for fedora, but for opensuse and gentoo there are native
> packages available.  As no-one made these available for
> Fedora, there are no Fedora packages.  Have a look at 
> http://en.opensuse.org/Kolab to see what's available for suse.
> 
> -- 
> Richard
> 

Richard,

Thanks for your reply. 

Sorry, but I'm not able to change to suse or gentoo (or debian) just for running KOLAB.

Meanwhile, I also read some posts in the kolab developer mailling lists as there seems 
to be a discussion about getting rid of the openpkg addiction. 
Also in your kolab/opensuse link the author is complaining about the openpkg 
dependencies and its disadvantages [Some facts].

Maybe the kolab developers should release future releases as tarballs, - btw, that's what's also done 
with the non-commercial version of open-xchange. 

If the kolab team cannot provide ready built packages for different distributions, than just building 
from tarballs seems to me more successfully than dealing with the openpkg part.

Sorry, but turning away from a interesting software product because of massive installations problems 
(failures) is of course not in the developers' interests.

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