Re: Trying to install alien made wxPython .deb package.
--- Sergio Basurto Juarez <sbasurtoj@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Anthony Hoskins <distatica@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Good day folks,
> >
> > I am trying to update my wxPython package so I can
> > run Boa Constructor.
> > I have tried installing from source, but
> encountered
> > some errors which I
> > don't remember now, but could probably replicate
> if
> > need be.
> >
> > I also tried installing via apt-get, which left me
> > with an outdated
> > distrobution of wxPython, and currently i'm
> getting
> > the message when trying
> > to start Boa: Sorry! This version of Boa requires
> > atleast wxPython 2.4.0.7
> >
> > So I tried to get the packages from the wxPython
> > site, but they only have
> > packages for Redhat, and I think Mandrake. I then
> > tried to download and
> > convert with alien two packages:
> >
> > // redhat 9 package for gtk2-ansi Python 2.2:
> > alien --to-deb
> > wxPython2.5-gtk2-ansi-2.5.3.1-rh9_py2.2.i386.rpm
> >
> > //redhat 9 package for gtk-ansi python 2.2:
> > alien --to-deb
> > wxpython2.5-gtk-ansi-2.5.3.1-rh9_py2.2.i386.rpm
>
> >
> >
> > the first pacakge for gtk2-ansi won't even work,
> but
> > the second package for
> > gtk-ansi creates a new deb package just fine. This
> > package can be run with
> > Package Manager it seems, but when I try to
> install
> > them I get the following
> > errors:
> >
> > // BEGIN ERROR
> >
> > <2.5-gtk-ansi-2.5.3.1-rh9_py2.2.i386.rpm;echo
> > RESULT=$?
> > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No
> > such file or directory (2)
> > error: cannot open Packages database in
> /var/lib/rpm
> > RESULT=1
> >
> > // END ERROR
> >
> > I've tried using apt-get to get libdb3 but it says
> I
> > already have the latest
> > version. Is this some kind of problem with the
> > package trying to use a redhat
> > setup on a debian machine? If you know of a link
> to
> > a site that already
> > discusses this, I could use it.
> >
> > *note* a lot of my problems (not rpm problems)
> might
> > be because this is the
> > runtime, and not the common release, however you
> can
> > only install one version
> > of wxPython and I don't really know how to
> uninstall
> > it. Will the common
> > release from apt-get work, or will I need to
> > uninstall this completely?
> >
> > If this post belongs better somewhere else, please
> > let me know and I will
> > repost it accordingly. Thank you in advance for
> any
> > time you take to help me
> > out.
> >
> > P.S. I'm a complete newbie to Linux, so please
> bare
> > with me.
> >
> why don't you try?
> #apt-cache search wxPython
> It will show a list of packages once you find the
> one
> you need then:
>
> #apt-get install [packages]
>
> Regards.
Sorry I missed the part where you say that already try
this!!!!!!
Which version of Debian are you using?
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Sergio Basurto J.
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