Hi !
Afaik rpm starts with the first rpm it can find in the directory, if this
is not the gtk+ (what i pretty much guess) then the rpm that is installed
will deliver dependendy failures because gtk+ is not installed in that
moment. Try to install first the gtk+ rpms, the the glib packages, then the
libguile.so.2, then the umb-scheme package (those are the missing packages
on the list u gave). If it doesn't work this way you can still do the
stupid but working try-on-error method. Just go through all the rpms and
install those first that don't create any errors, then do the rest and so
on. I know that some of the linux cracks probably would like to k-line me
from this mailing list, but hey, it worked fine for me several times.
To cut it short, it is important in which order you install the packages,
just using rpm -ihv *.rpm (or -Uvh what u used, but i dunno the difference
it makes) chooses technically randomly the rpm packages, just in the order
rpm finds them in the directory.
I hope it helps you a bit.
Greez
Dave
At 16:30 30.06.99 -0400, you wrote:
> I feel a little silly asking this, but it's becoming painfully
>clear that I lack a fundimental understanding of how package dependencies
>work. I'm trying to install gnome on my AS/200 with RH5.2. I have
>downloaded the following files:
>
>GXedit-1.23-1.alpha.rpm gnome-pim-1.0.7-1.alpha.rpm
>ORBit-0.4.3-1.alpha.rpm
>gnome-users-guide-1.0.5-1.noarch.rpm
>audiofile-0.1.6-2.alpha.rpm gnome-utils-1.0.1-5.alpha.rpm
>control-center-1.0.5-13.alpha.rpm gnorpm-0.8-0.1.alpha.rpm
>desktop-backgrounds-1.0.0-3.noarch.rpm gnotepad+-1.1.3-1.alpha.rpm
>ee-0.3.8-6.alpha.rpm gnumeric-0.23-1.1.alpha.rpm
>enlightenment-0.15.5-25.alpha.rpm gqview-0.6.0-2.alpha.rpm
>enlightenment-conf-0.15-4.alpha.rpm gtk+-1.0.6-3.alpha.rpm
>esound-0.2.12-1.alpha.rpm gtk+-1.2.1-7.alpha.rpm
>fnlib-0.4-7.1.alpha.rpm gtk+10-1.0.6-4.1.alpha.rpm
>freetype-1.1-5.1.alpha.rpm gtk-engines-0.5-11.alpha.rpm
>gdm-1.0.0-12rh.alpha.rpm gtop-1.0.1-2.alpha.rpm
>gedit-0.5.1-2.alpha.rpm guile-1.3-2.alpha.rpm
>gftp-1.13-3.alpha.rpm imlib-1.9.5-1.alpha.rpm
>glib-1.2.1-1.alpha.rpm imlib-cfgeditor-1.9.5-1.alpha.rpm
>glib10-1.0.6-4.1.alpha.rpm libghttp-1.0.2-1.alpha.rpm
>gmc-4.5.30-3rh.alpha.rpm libgtop-1.0.1-1.2.alpha.rpm
>gnome-audio-1.0.0-5.noarch.rpm
>libgtop-examples-1.0.1-1.2.alpha.rpm
>gnome-audio-extra-1.0.0-5.noarch.rpm libxml-1.0.0-1.1.alpha.rpm
>gnome-core-1.0.4-13rh.alpha.rpm mc-4.5.30-3rh.alpha.rpm
>gnome-games-1.0.2-7.1.alpha.rpm mcserv-4.5.30-3rh.alpha.rpm
>gnome-libs-1.0.8-2rh.alpha.rpm
>gnome-linuxconf-0.22-0.1.alpha.rpm
>gnome-media-1.0.1-2.alpha.rpm
>gnome-network-1.0.2-2.alpha.rpm xchat-0.9.4-2.alpha.rpm
>gnome-objc-1.0.2-1.alpha.rpm xscreensaver-2.34-1.alpha.rpm
>
>
>I then run
>rpm -Uvh *.rpm
>And this is what I get:
>failed dependencies:
> gtk+ >= 1.2.0 is needed by gftp-1.13-3
> libguile.so.2 is needed by gnome-games-1.0.2-7.1
> gtk+ >= 1.2.1 is needed by gnome-libs-1.0.8-2rh
> gtk+ >= 1.1.13 is needed by gnotepad+-1.1.3-1
> libguile.so.2 is needed by gnumeric-0.23-1.1
> glib = 1.0.6 is needed by gtk+-1.0.6-3
> umb-scheme is needed by guile-1.3-2
> gtk+ >= 1.2 is needed by imlib-1.9.5-1
> libguile.so.2 is needed by libgtop-examples-1.0.1-1.2
>
>
>It's probably painfully obvious to some of you, but I'm a little confused
>by the fact that gtk+ >= 1.2 is needed by several things. It is among the
>packages on the list.
>
>I've tried the rpm HOWTO, and the manual (book), but neither gave me much
>info on just how these dependencies work.
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter
>
