Re: [help-GIFT] Using GIFT for symbol recognition

[Ernesto Ferrari]

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>>I have downloaded the GIFT files from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gift. I 
>>tried to find the  README.Debian as suggested by Ernesto but did not 
>>find the file.
> 
> 
> Well, the README.Debian is not part of the GIFT distro. The Debians take the 
> GIFT distro and then add their stuff in order to package the GIFT.
> 
Anyway, I quoted the entire README.Debian in my previous email, so you
already have it ;)


> 
> As far as I understand Ernesto, probably the easiest way to get a running 
> GIFT is to install Debian or a Debian-based GNU/Linux distro.
> 
It is.
Philip, if you want and easy-to-install user-friendly Debian
distribution go for Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/), and if you doesn't
feel comfortable yet for a Linux install go for Ubuntu Live-CD, the OS
will run from you CD without install anything. You can donwload it
Ubuntu Linux from here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download
Cheers,
Ernesto Ferrari




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