I tried to install evolution in three ways but non successful

1.
I tried evolution-1.5 form swaret but is unstable and it crash every time i try to open settings panel

2. then i tried the ximian installer:
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brain@digitalman:~$ xhost +localhost
localhost being added to access control list
brain@digitalman:~$ su
Password:
root@digitalman:/home/brain# wget -q -O - (sorry_i_cant_white_urls) |sh
==> Autodetecting system type...
==> Checking $DISPLAY and X permissions...

The Ximian Desktop Installer is a graphical application, and
either you have no DISPLAY variable set or the root user does not
have permission to access your X server. Run 'xhost +localhost'
before becoming root, and make sure that the DISPLAY variable is
set correctly before running the go-ximian script.

Cleaning up temporary files... done.

root@digitalman:/home/brain# echo $DISPLAY
:0.0
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3.
finally i tried to compile evolution-1.4 from sources and i got this error when tring ./configure:
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checking for libgtkhtml-3.0... Package libgtkhtml-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libgtkhtml-3.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libgtkhtml-3.0' found

configure: error: Library requirements (libgtkhtml-3.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.
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i can't find libgtkhtml-3.0 sources anywhere, only packages for different platforms

can someone help me?

Hello brain79,

Your 2nd attempt with the Ximian installer will work correctly if you exit your session completely and then log back in as root. In SuSe 9.1, you cannot (so far!) launch guis (i.e. X windows) by simply doing an 'su' to root. The suggestions in the Ximian Installer did not help either, as you have already testified. When I exited and then reconnected as root, it worked.

Another thing to lookout for is the /etc/services file. If you scroll down and look for the X11 entries (there are 2 of them), they might be commented out. If the steps in the previous paragraph do not work, try uncommenting the X11 entries in /etc/services and then try again. [NB: I'm not sure if you need to stop and restart the services, or completely reboot the machine. ]

Good luck this time!

done!
Ximian installer started but said...

"Ximian installer is unable to recognize your distribution"

damn, i'm using Slackware 9.1!

Well, slackware isn't supported in ximian. I didn't know there was even ximian on the slackware mirrors using swaret.

ximian installer only supports rpm distros:

did you try the slackware package at linuxpackages.net ?

This endeavor was also a thorough pain in the backend for me. The current evolution-1.5 package on linuxpackages.net did not work for me. I ended up getting the evolution-1.4.4 package and the libsoup package from here:

www3.linuxpackages.net/packages/Slackware-9/robert/gnome

They seem to be working fine for me.

Ok, i installed these package but:
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brain@digitalman:~$ evolution-1.4
evolution-1.4: error while loading shared libraries: libgtkhtml-3.0.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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it's the same problem i got when i tried to compile evolution 1.4.6 ... i can't find anywhere libgtkhtml-3.0 for slackware.
someone can help me?

finillay I found this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...04/02/3/105643
to solve my problems

The most simple and easy way to get evo on slack is to install Dropline-gnome.
http://www.dropline.net/gnome/
made for slackware and you will not regret it...
You will most likely have to fix a keyboard issue as it seems to be a normal occurence see the dropline forums for help...
But using the dropline-installer from a root console installs everything smoothly.
I have a highly customized system it is tweaked in more ways than documented.
The installer broke nothing but some custom icons and that was my fault for having them in the wrong location. Hey that is what backups are for...
Do yourself and your 'puter a favor- get dropline