Re: tk8.0 drops /usr/bin/wish8.0 despite being in tk8.0_8.0.5-6.deb

[John Pearson <huiac@camtech.net.au>]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:19:01PM -0400, Jameson Burt wrote
> Three times I entered,
>   dpkg -i tk8.0_8.0.5-6.deb
> Each time, the file
>    /usr/bin/wish8.0
> was not installed.
> I even purged the package then reinstalled the package.
> All other files were installed from tk8.0;
> only this file /usr/bin/wish8.0 was not installed.
> 
> I finally entered,
>    dpkg -X   tk8.0_8.0.5-6.deb  /tmp
> then copied /tmp/usr/bin/wish8.0 to /usr/bin/wish8.0
> 
> This is a weird event.
> Double checking, I see that I have the latest dpkg, version 1.6.14,
> and am reinstalling this package under potato, 2.2,
> as successfully upgraded a month ago from slink.
> Is something amiss with the package tk8.0_8.0.5-6.deb
> or do you suppose something is amiss with my installation.
> 

Well, it works for me.

Do you, perhaps, have tkstep8.0 installed?  It's possible that
this has set up a diversion of wish8.0, or some such...


John P.
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