[johnnyv]

Tried installing a FreeVet rpm on mandrake 8.2, the rpm installs but i can't get it to work.

I got a cant link to library libqt.so.1 so i simlinked the libqt.so.2.3.1 but then you get a
error message about the freevet library calling unknow functions in the qt lib.
So i looked on the freevet site, it was developed for qt version 1.44. Searched rpmfind.net and found libqt.so.1 came in a libqt1.45 package for backward compatibility apps in redhat 7.2 and 7.3 so i tried that rpm.

Now the freevet app just segfaults immediately on execution.

hmmm i have a 7.2 version of mandrake maybe i should install that on an old machine and try it again

[johnnyv]

FreeVet is a veternary clinic management application
My sister owns a vet clinic
For 5 clients the cost of the proprietry apps including the windows, windows server, mssql, and the software itself around $15000 NZ.
A cheaper less functional one that runs of a firebird database (free) cost around $8000 NZ

So i would have liked to use freevet as it would cut the software cost to a copy of quickbooks.

So i guess i will muck around with it some more.

I could code a intranet application with MySQL + PHP with a mixture of client side web browser and a little client side php-gtk(dynamic stuff, and printing) but it would take a couple of months of my spare time to setup and test and she wants it now now now :)

What ever she gets i'll be the one who is called to fix any problems so i would prefer a linux option as once setup they are harder to break.

[Cannonfodder]

Maybe you need to get source code and compile it rather than rpming it? Since you have the library it was looking for..

[johnnyv]

tried that but the compiler freaked out

small bit at the end of make:

Dispense.cpp:137: confused by earlier errors, bailing out
make[2]: *** [unix_obj/Dispense.o] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/john/Desktop/freevet/data/FreeVet-1.1.1/LIB'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/john/Desktop/freevet/data/FreeVet-1.1.1/LIB'
make: *** [all] Error 2
[john@bobs FreeVet-1.1.1]$

literally more than 100 things the compiler found wrong with it in Dispense.cpp alone :(
It looks like my only option is too try mandrake 7.2 , oh well i can live with that.

[theYinYeti]

Well, Mandrake 7.2 is really good; it was a huge improvement over any previous version, with Cups, and ReiserFS, and much more (and stable as well).

[ezroller]

I hope you guys can find a fix for this. My father is a veterinarian, and he has about 30 clients in his office. I'm sure this would help him out a ton!!