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minimal set of packages for docbook5 processing on fedora 12?

  • 1.  minimal set of packages for docbook5 processing on fedora 12?

    Posted 11-22-2009 16:41

    i posted this on the fedora list earlier today, but i figure this is
    just as appropriate a venue.

    what's the starter set of packages that one needs to start
    processing docbook5 on fedora 12, if one wants to work strictly with
    XML (not SGML), and leave DSSSL out of it, and so on? in short, how
    little must i install depending on what output i want to generate?

    minimally, i realize i'm going to need (and what follows is out of
    pure ignorance since i have yet to attempt db5 processing on fedora):

    * libxml2 (for xmllint and xmlcatalog)
    * libxslt (for xsltproc)
    * docbook5-schemas
    * docbook5-style-xsl
    * fop (for PDF output)

    you get the idea. i want to put together a single-page wiki entry
    that shows fedora 12 people how to get started with writing and
    processing db5, but i don't want to drag along all the historical
    baggage.

    thoughts? i'm just about to peruse bob stayton's docbook XSL book,
    and i can already see the caution that xmllint can't fully handle
    docbook5.

    rday
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