bookshare revisited? Re: bookshare.org unpack (fwd)

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi all,
  I sent part of this exchange to the administrator at Shell world.  I have 
his response below as to the possible of  running the bookshare unpack 
tool here.  if anyone has grater wisdom, especially as some feel it 
should be possible, you may want to contact him.
He notes too not getting a response when asking the bookshare people for 
guidance.
Karen

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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:20:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: Ken Scott <admin at shellworld.net>
To: Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
Subject: Re: bookshare revisited?  Re: bookshare.org unpack (fwd)

Karen,

All I can tell you on this is what I've told you before.  I've tried running 
the publicly-available Linux binary here, and it will not work. I've tried 
running the so-called "test" binary that you were told about and it will not 
work.  I asked about them possibly making a copy available for FreeBSD, and 
received no answer, and unfortunately they do not make their source code 
available, so we'll never know if I might possibly be able to get it to compile 
here, unless that policy changes.  Find me somebody that's actually been able 
to make it work under FreeBSD without having to completely re-invent the wheel, 
and I'll be glad to talk to them, but short of that, I've done all I can do.  I 
have no objection to its being installed here at all--it makes no difference to 
me--but if it doesn't work, it just doesn't work, and to this point it doesn't 
work.

--
Ken,
admin at shellworld.net