Hi Sid,
> dlded the rpm (I use RH9). When I tried to install it, it said
>
> error: Failed dependencies:
> imlib2 is needed by enlightenment-0.16.7.1-1.fc2
> libImlib2.so.1 is needed by enlightenment-0.16.7.1-1.fc2
> libasound.so.2 is needed by enlightenment-0.16.7.1-1.fc2
rpm maintains a db of packages installed on the system using 'rpm', and
this is what it refers to when a new package being installed defines some
dependencies.
> so I downloaded imlib2-1.1.1.tar.gz, untarred it and went looking for
> docs. There was no documentation on how to install it, so I did the usual
> <...snip...>
> I did a whereis and I find that imlib2 exists is /usr/local/bin,
> libImlib2.so.1 and libasound.so.2 are in /usr/local/lib. I added
> /usr/local/lib to the path, and retried installing the rpm, but got the
> same error.
Although you successfully installed imlib, rpm didn't relize this because
it's db was not updated.
> Can someone please help?
Here are a few options:
- You could install the rpm using the nodeps option.
- You can download and install the rpm for the requuired version of imlib.
- You can download and install apt-rpm or yum which would enable you to
install packages without ever having to worry about dependencies.
- You could download the enlightenment sources as well and install that
manually too.
HTH
Steve
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