As of now, Borges has only been tested on Mandrake Linux. It should work on any Linux system provided the necessary dependencies are installed. Please inform us of any successes or failures on any other systems.
Current versions are published on SourceForge. There, you will find different packagings:
The different Borges packages are also part of the Mandrake Linux distribution.
Finally, if you like living dangerously, you can get the current CVS version with following parameters:CVS_RSH=ssh and CVSROOT=:ext:anoncvs@cvs.mandrakesoft.com:/cooker. Then, you can get the module Borges with password cvs.
Just install the RPM packages, or read the instructions in the tarball.
Borges installs by default in /usr/share/Borges/. If that doesn't suits you, please see Section 5.1, “Installing Borges on an Unusual Path”.
If you do not install Borges from RPM packages, you'll have to check that the following programs or libraries are available on your system:
perl-XML-Twig, perl-DateManip and perl-XML-LibXML libraries;
xmllint XML parser and validator;
xfig diagrams editor if you wish to work with xfig diagrams;
DocBook DTD XML version 4.2 into /usr/share/sgml/docbook/xml-dtd-4.2/;
DocBook DSSSL stylesheets into /usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets/;
DocBook XSL stylesheets into /usr/share/sgml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets/;