Re: gnome .deb install probs

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>]

The stuff you downloaded from ftp.gnome.org was old (however those debs
are frozen in slink). However, libglib and libgtk 1.1.13 is new. GNOME is
rapidly evolving alpha software. You should not try to use the slink debs
if you want to run the latest stuff. Instead, you may look at the newest
packages in potato and mix and match to get something working. (Or compile
balsa yourself with the potato libraries.)


On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Graham Ashton wrote:

> I've downloaded libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb from ftp.gnome.org, and have
> just tried installing it on my hamm box. I got a load of dependency
> problems with dpkg, even for things that are installed. I installed 
> 
>   libglib1.1.13_1.1.13-1_i386.deb
>   libgtk1.1.13_1.1.13-1_i386.deb
> 
> without any problem. When trying to install libgnome0, dpkg complains
> that I don't have (amongst other things) the right versions of libglib
> and libgtk! I think I do, and am a little confused.
> 
> humbug:root> dpkg -i libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb 
> Selecting previously deselected package libgnome0.
> (Reading database ... 39220 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking libgnome0 (from libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome0:
>  libgnome0 depends on gdk-imlib1 (>= 1.7); however:
>   Package gdk-imlib1 is not installed.
>  libgnome0 depends on libglib1.1 (>= 1.1.3-1); however:
>   Package libglib1.1 is not installed.
>  libgnome0 depends on libgtk1.1 (>= 1:1.1.2-1); however:
>   Package libgtk1.1 is not installed.
>  libgnome0 depends on liborbit0 (>= 0.3.0-1); however:
>   Package liborbit0 is not installed.
>  libgnome0 depends on libungif3g (>= 3.0-2) | giflib3g (>= 3.0-5.2); however:
>   Package libungif3g is not installed.
>   Version of giflib3g on system is 3.0-5.
> dpkg: error processing libgnome0 (--install):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libgnome0
> 
> All I really want to do is to get enough of gnome installed to let me
> use the balsa mail client. 
> 
> Do I need to install lots of packages from slink or potato to get
> everything I need? Would I be better off just upgrading to slink right
> now anyway?
> 
> I'm really not liking this very much, and am starting to think it's too
> hard... hello tarball, my old friend...
> 
> Can anybody point me in the right direction (i.e. should I upgrade the
> whole box, or should I just go and get specific packages from another
> distribution?)
> 
> -- 
> Graham
> 
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Thanks. Syrus.

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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.