On Tuesday 03 February 2004 19:00, Eric Evans wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm a newcomer to Red Hat and I've just installed Linux v. 9. I'm trying > to figure out a confusing problem with rpm dependencies and I'm hoping that > someone out there can help clarify things for me. > > I'm trying to install a package with rpm, and in the installation I get > error messages about failed dependencies, saying that libtcl8.3.so is > needed and libtk8.3.so is needed. But I actually have both of those > libraries. They are installed in /lib and also in /usr/local/lib. So I'm > not sure why rpm is not seeing that the libraries are there. They were not > installed as packages though. Do they have to be installed as packages in > order for rpm to recognize them? yes, is the short answer. rpm reads its own database (in /var/lib/rpm). Could you not find rpm packages for tcl/tk? They're in the base distro IIRC. (the 'Sessions' menu in gdm is written in tcl/tk I think). The Stuff in /usr/local/lib you installed yourself, right? (RH puts nearly everything in /usr). > > Thanks very much, > Eric -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
