Re: flexfax: SCO 5 install problems

[Tim Rice <tim@trr.metro.NET>]

On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Richard Shetron wrote:

> I'm trying to install hylafax and gs on an SCO open server 5 system and
> I've run into a variety of problems.  I thought I'd read and followed all
> the directions.  The way I get files from the internet to the machine
> is to download them to an NT machine with a CD burner and burn them on
> a CD and then hand carry them to the customer.
> 
> The system uname responds: SCO_SV scosys 3.2 5.0.5 i386

Make sure rs505a is loaded.

> 
> This machine is for sending faxes only, no receiving, and no display.
> It is a server for a text based application and the customer would like to
> fax ascii text items straight out of thier application to their customers.
> 
> X-11 is not installed, the machine is not on a network, but I believe
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^
> tcp/ip is installed.  The machine may have uucp activated for company
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Make sure.
$ swconfig

> email at some point.
> 
> when I run faxsetup, it says it can't find a tiff library.  I've discoverd
> I didn't write down the exact error message.
> 
> When I try to compile the latest gs I get 
> UX:acomp: Error gp_unifs.c line 90 error before or after DIR
> 

Why not just load the SCO binaries? (ftp.hylafax.org)

> 

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