you want to make sure you have these rpms install
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gcc
libIDL
libIDL-devel
libstdc++-devel
compat-gcc-c++
gcc-c++
compat-libstdc++
compat-libstdc++-devel
libstdc++
cvs
libIDL
libIDL-devel
libstdc++-devel
compat-gcc-c++
gcc-c++
compat-libstdc++
compat-libstdc++-devel
libstdc++
cvs
once you have those rpms installed.. its time to install NVU. This is built off the mozilla 1.7b cvs source code. So you will run these commands
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mkdir mozilla
cd mozilla
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co mozilla/client.mk
wget http://www.nvu.com/download/linux/.mozconfig
make -f client.mk pull_all
wget http://www.nvu.com/download/nvu-0.20-source.tar.gz
tar xfz nvu-0.20-source.tar.gz
wget http://www.nvu.com/download/trunk-0.20.patch.gz
gunzip trunk-0.20.patch.gz
patch -p 0 < trunk-0.20.patch
make -f client.mk build_all
cd mozilla
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co mozilla/client.mk
wget http://www.nvu.com/download/linux/.mozconfig
make -f client.mk pull_all
wget http://www.nvu.com/download/nvu-0.20-source.tar.gz
tar xfz nvu-0.20-source.tar.gz
wget http://www.nvu.com/download/trunk-0.20.patch.gz
gunzip trunk-0.20.patch.gz
patch -p 0 < trunk-0.20.patch
make -f client.mk build_all
now its compiled you can try to run
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./dist/bin/nvu
if you want to install it simply run make install and it should install nvu into /usr/local/bin
below are two sample screenshots
