[K12OSN] feature request: pykota

[Brian Chivers]

Pykota isn't that hard to install. I've done it on CentOS 4.4 and I'll try to dig out my notes if I 
can find them.

In the mean time have a read of this link

http://edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7100

The edugeek forums are quite interesting, who forums dedicated to different OS's.

Brian

Jim Anderson wrote:
> Unfortunately my abilities do not extend into building rpm packages.  My 
> understanding of pykota comes from a Linux.com <http://Linux.com> 
> article where it was  mentioned that pykota needed and additonal 17 
> dependancies that were not easy to find in a binary form.  I guess 
> there's a lot of make/install processes involved... not something that 
> I'm proficient in either.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On 6/9/07, *Peter Scheie* <peter at scheie.homedns.org 
> <mailto:peter at scheie.homedns.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Easier said than done, I suspect.  I don't use pykota, but it appears
>     the tar file is freely downloadable and released under the GPL.  But
>     none of the usual repos have rpms of pykota.  The only place I see rpm
>     files (or any other package format, for that matter)  for it is at
>     pykota.com <http://pykota.com>, and they charge $25 for access to
>     those.  The money goes
>     directly toward pykota development, so it seems very reasonable
>     considering what you get.  But while the GPL should allow anyone to
>     build an .rpm file for it and distribute it--for example, the Fedora
>     project--for some reason it isn't happening.  If you'd like to
>     investigate further as to why that's the case, I'm sure others would be
>     interested to know the story.  Perhaps you could build a package that
>     could be used.
> 
>     Petre
> 
>     Jim Anderson wrote:
>      > I realize it's too late to get this app into any imminent release of
>      > K12LTSP, but I think print auditing with pykota would be a worthy
>      > addition to K12LTSP.  It would be especially useful in a library or
>      > public internet setting where there is a need to monitor and/or
>     charge
>      > for printing..
>      >
>      > Jim Anderson
>      >
>      >
>      >
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