Re: gnome .deb install probs

1999-02-03 Thread Graham Ashton
On  2 Feb, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
 The stuff you downloaded from ftp.gnome.org was old (however those debs
 are frozen in slink). However, libglib and libgtk 1.1.13 is new. GNOME is
 rapidly evolving alpha software. 
 [snip]

thanks to those who replied. I think I'll see what happens if I download
a lot of source, and compile things into /usr/local. for now atleast.

as far as a mail client goes, perhaps I should dig up my copy of mutt
in the meantime...

-- 
Graham


gnome .deb install probs

1999-02-02 Thread Graham Ashton
I've downloaded libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb from ftp.gnome.org, and have
just tried installing it on my hamm box. I got a load of dependency
problems with dpkg, even for things that are installed. I installed 

  libglib1.1.13_1.1.13-1_i386.deb
  libgtk1.1.13_1.1.13-1_i386.deb

without any problem. When trying to install libgnome0, dpkg complains
that I don't have (amongst other things) the right versions of libglib
and libgtk! I think I do, and am a little confused.

humbug:root dpkg -i libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb 
Selecting previously deselected package libgnome0.
(Reading database ... 39220 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgnome0 (from libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome0:
 libgnome0 depends on gdk-imlib1 (= 1.7); however:
  Package gdk-imlib1 is not installed.
 libgnome0 depends on libglib1.1 (= 1.1.3-1); however:
  Package libglib1.1 is not installed.
 libgnome0 depends on libgtk1.1 (= 1:1.1.2-1); however:
  Package libgtk1.1 is not installed.
 libgnome0 depends on liborbit0 (= 0.3.0-1); however:
  Package liborbit0 is not installed.
 libgnome0 depends on libungif3g (= 3.0-2) | giflib3g (= 3.0-5.2); however:
  Package libungif3g is not installed.
  Version of giflib3g on system is 3.0-5.
dpkg: error processing libgnome0 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libgnome0

All I really want to do is to get enough of gnome installed to let me
use the balsa mail client. 

Do I need to install lots of packages from slink or potato to get
everything I need? Would I be better off just upgrading to slink right
now anyway?

I'm really not liking this very much, and am starting to think it's too
hard... hello tarball, my old friend...

Can anybody point me in the right direction (i.e. should I upgrade the
whole box, or should I just go and get specific packages from another
distribution?)

-- 
Graham


Re: gnome .deb install probs

1999-02-02 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
The stuff you downloaded from ftp.gnome.org was old (however those debs
are frozen in slink). However, libglib and libgtk 1.1.13 is new. GNOME is
rapidly evolving alpha software. You should not try to use the slink debs
if you want to run the latest stuff. Instead, you may look at the newest
packages in potato and mix and match to get something working. (Or compile
balsa yourself with the potato libraries.)


On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Graham Ashton wrote:

 I've downloaded libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb from ftp.gnome.org, and have
 just tried installing it on my hamm box. I got a load of dependency
 problems with dpkg, even for things that are installed. I installed 
 
   libglib1.1.13_1.1.13-1_i386.deb
   libgtk1.1.13_1.1.13-1_i386.deb
 
 without any problem. When trying to install libgnome0, dpkg complains
 that I don't have (amongst other things) the right versions of libglib
 and libgtk! I think I do, and am a little confused.
 
 humbug:root dpkg -i libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb 
 Selecting previously deselected package libgnome0.
 (Reading database ... 39220 files and directories currently installed.)
 Unpacking libgnome0 (from libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb) ...
 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome0:
  libgnome0 depends on gdk-imlib1 (= 1.7); however:
   Package gdk-imlib1 is not installed.
  libgnome0 depends on libglib1.1 (= 1.1.3-1); however:
   Package libglib1.1 is not installed.
  libgnome0 depends on libgtk1.1 (= 1:1.1.2-1); however:
   Package libgtk1.1 is not installed.
  libgnome0 depends on liborbit0 (= 0.3.0-1); however:
   Package liborbit0 is not installed.
  libgnome0 depends on libungif3g (= 3.0-2) | giflib3g (= 3.0-5.2); however:
   Package libungif3g is not installed.
   Version of giflib3g on system is 3.0-5.
 dpkg: error processing libgnome0 (--install):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
 Errors were encountered while processing:
  libgnome0
 
 All I really want to do is to get enough of gnome installed to let me
 use the balsa mail client. 
 
 Do I need to install lots of packages from slink or potato to get
 everything I need? Would I be better off just upgrading to slink right
 now anyway?
 
 I'm really not liking this very much, and am starting to think it's too
 hard... hello tarball, my old friend...
 
 Can anybody point me in the right direction (i.e. should I upgrade the
 whole box, or should I just go and get specific packages from another
 distribution?)
 
 -- 
 Graham
 
 
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