Re: Trying to install alien made wxPython .deb package.
At Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:59:41 -0700,
Anthony Hoskins wrote:
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>
> 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 I also tried installing via apt-get, which left me with an outdated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:
>
What version of debian is this?
There is a package for boa-constructor and for the various wx packages versions
2.4.2 and 2.5.1 in unstable and probably testing (2.5.1 is a bit old for 2.5
packge as 2.5.3 is out)
Look in http://www.backports.org/ and http://www.apt-get.org if you are using
woody whether someone backported newer ones to woody.
The latest cvs snapshot (2.5.3), which is considered rather stable BTW, contains
now the code for building the debian package. I can post the build I made
somewhere if you want (its for unstable, no modifications to the cvs version).
> // 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.
>
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