You can re-run the installation, choose the 'Upgrade' option and select the option to Customize packages to be upgraded, This way, dependencies are automatically handled.
Oh, and yes - dependencies are not handled automatically by the rpm command (installating manually). rpm will look and say what dependencies are required but it's too dumb to fix it. :D lh --- Arvind Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Check for other Xwindows related commands like > Xconfigurator and XF86config > . If these work then it means that x server has been > installed on the system > and due to some reason startx is missing. Try to > locate the rpm containing > startx and force install it on your system. Try the > man pages for startx . > > It might be next to impossible to install Xwindows > manually because it > involves anywhere around 50 packages for complete > installation. > > For that you will have to calculate dependencies for > each and every package > and install them manually. > > I dont know of any automated installer for Linux ( > Can somebody enlighten me > on this) > > regards, > Arvind > www.fortunespace.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Yale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:23 AM > Subject: X Windows won't start > > > > I'm currently having a problem with one of my > machines, where if I issue > > the command 'startx', I get a 'command not found' > error. I'm quite > > certain I installed X on this machine. > > > > I'm using Red Hat 7.0. > > > > Firstly, I have no idea how to debug this problem > - the installation > > details of the GUI are still a bit of a mystery to > me. How might I > > proceed? And if I determine that X isn't on the > machine, how would I > > install it on its own? What RPMs would I need? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rob Yale > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
