On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote:
> Okay... so I tried to rpm -Uvh all the stuff I downloaded (which wasn't
> everything in the directory, but I got ~20 packages), and it said this:
> error: failed dependencies:
> indent is needed by ORBit-devel-0.5.0-0.1
orbit-idl (the thing that makes actual C stubs and skeletons out if
a CORBA interface description) uses indent to produce
"human-readable" code. It is useful to have anyway (well, if you're into
programming).
> windowmanager is needed by gnome-core-1.1.6-0.1
windowmanager is provided by e.g. WindowMaker or enlightenment. If you're
sure that you have one, you can just put this line into /etc/rpmrc:
Provides: windowmanager
... or use --nodeps
> libgdk_pixbuf.so.1 is needed by gnome-core-1.1.6-0.1
new gnome stuff uses gdk_pixbuf instead of imlib for rendering various
graphics formats.
> libgnomecanvaspixbuf.so.0 is needed by gnome-core-1.1.6-0.1
Comes with gdk_pixbuf
> gtk+ >= 1.2.2 is needed by gnumeric-0.51-0.1
> libxml.so.0 is needed by gnorpm-0.8-5
gtk+-1.2.7 and libxml-1.8.6 are current
> Does that mean I need to get an update of gnorpm? And what does the
> 'indent' and 'windowmanager' mean? (Should I include a listing of the
> files I got, too?)
No it's just that the stuff you want to install needs other (new) stuff to
work properly.
> growing ever more frustrated,
I'm sorry being the cause (guessing from the version numbers)...
If I can help you any further, don't hesitate asking. Maybe you'll get
quicker response by using my work address (the right-most in the sig).
Nils
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