Are you doing this from a console terminal or from an Xterm? If your doing it in X, that would explain why. Try doing it in a console terminal and see if you still get that error.
-- Jonathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:21 PM Subject: Re: rpm dependency..... NOT A GOOD IDEA > ok > i did the "upgrade install" option > and when asked to install dependencies, i said "yes". > > BAD IDEA > > not only does up2date still not work > (it's installed but it's giving me errors (posted later) > but all of my perl modules have somehow disappeared > and i can't seem to install them through perl -MCPAN -e shell > it's telling me that it can't get the packages it wants > so in short, this only made things worse > > here's the error i'm getting though up2date though: > > [root@computername dir]# /usr/sbin/up2date -u > Traceback (innermost last): > File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 199 in ? > from client import Client > File "/usr/share/up2date/client.py", line 14 in ? > import _gtk > ImportError: libtgtk-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file > or directory > > isn't gtk belong with X? not a commandline program? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:50 PM > Subject: Re: rpm dependency dependency dependency..... > > > > well i tried that > > and i got another list of new dependencies > > i'll try the "upgrade" install a little later > > when the box isn't so busy > > thanks for the help > > > > _________________________________ > > daniel a. g. quinn > > starving programmer > > > > most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us > > - unknown > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bill Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "list redhat (general)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:10 PM > > Subject: Re: rpm dependency dependency dependency..... > > > > > > > On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, daniel wrote: > > > > > > > hello all > > > > i've got a sparc64 box here running rh62 > > > > and i'm trying to install the up2date rpm from the cd > > > > (didn't think to install it initially) > > > > but when i run this: > > > > > > > > rpm --install --allfiles up2date-1.13-1.noarch.rpm > > > > > > > > it says i need: > > > > pygnome > > > > mygtk > > > > usermode >= 1.15 > > > > > > > > so i try to install pygnome the same way > > > > and it says i need: > > > > pygtk > > > > gnome-libs > > > > ...various libs. > > > > > > > > usermode requires a bunch of stuff too > > > > which some of which i'm sure require other things etc. > > > > > > > > isn't there a way to say something like: > > > > "install up2date with all dependencies" > > > > > > Yes ... unfortunately you need up2date :o) > > > > > > There are a couple of third-party tools, but one easy way to do this > > > is actually to boot from the CD and do an "upgrade" install ... select > > > the up2date package and nothing else, then when Anaconda complains > > > about the missing dependencies tell it to include packages to satisfy > > > them. > > > > > > It's simpler than it sounds ... > > > > > > > it also seems that it's requiring a lot of gui type things > > > > gtk, gnome etc. > > > > but the box only runs on the command line > > > > so i don't know what's going on here. > > > > > > > > someone please shed some light on this mess? > > > > > > Are you sure you're trying just the "up2date" package and not the > > > "up2date-gnome" package too? The plain up2date package shouldn't > > > be requiring the gnome libraries as far as I can see. > > > > > > If you're on a reasonable connection, try > > > > > > rpm -Uvh > > > ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/en/ > > os/i386/up2date-2.7.11-7.x.2.i386.rpm > > > > > > (copy and paste that, it should all be on line) and see what happens? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
