added section on install on RPM based systems

diff --git a/doc/book.xml b/doc/book.xml
index 7f5c8ae..bec3735 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/book.xml
+++ b/doc/book.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
      -->
      <!NOTATION PDF SYSTEM "PDF">
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-<!-- $Id: book.xml,v 1.56 2007-02-17 12:28:11 adam Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: book.xml,v 1.57 2007-03-30 11:35:04 marc Exp $ -->
 <book id="metaproxy">
  <bookinfo>
   <title>Metaproxy - User's Guide and Reference</title>
@@ -343,6 +343,39 @@
    </para>
   </section>
 
+  <section id="installation.rpm">
+   <title>Installation on RPM based Linux Systems</title>
+   <para>
+    All external dependencies for Metaproxy are available as 
+    RPM packages, either from your distribution site, or from the 
+    <ulink url="http://fr.rpmfind.net/">RPMfind</ulink> site.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    For example, an installation of the requires Boost C++ development 
+    libraries on RedHat Fedora C4 and C5 can be done like this:
+    <screen> 
+    wget ftp://fr.rpmfind.net/wlinux/fedora/core/updates/testing/4/SRPMS/boost-1.33.0-3.fc4.src.rpm
+    sudo rpmbuild --buildroot src/ --rebuild -p fc4/boost-1.33.0-3.fc4.src.rpm
+    sudo rpm -U /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/boost-*rpm
+    </screen>
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    The  <ulink url="&url.yaz;">YAZ</ulink> library is needed to
+    compile &metaproxy;, see there
+    for more information on available RPM packages.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    There is currently no official RPM package for YAZ++.
+    See the <ulink url="&url.yaz.pp;">YAZ++</ulink> pages 
+    for more information on a Unix tarball install.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    With these packages installed, the usual configure + make
+    procedure can be used for Metaproxy as outlined in
+    <xref linkend="installation.unix"/>.
+   </para>
+  </section>
+
   <section id="installation.windows">
    <title>Installation on Windows</title>
    <para>