Hello I have exactly the same problem. I want to install Quanta and things like perl Tk or python Tkinter on Red Hat Enterprise WS. To me it's an unanswered basic question if you are supposed to install programs via rpm on Red Hat distributions or if it is ok to use standard tar-Packages. I did the latter with Tcl/Tk and it seems to be in order. I have the impression that rpm only works if you find a package wich is sort of Red Hat approved for your specific distribution. For all other stuff .tar is better. Is that correct? Paul -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ted Beaton Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:01 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Vicious Circle of Package Dependencies Hey all, I have been trying to install first Cyrus IMAP and then Courier IMAP and I keep getting tied up in package dependencies. Some piece I'm installing will require a newer version of a package already on my machine. I search and find the newer version and try to install it and then there will be 6 or 7 other packages that are dependent on the older version so I need to upgrade them and it goes on and on. I find myself in a geometrically expanding vicious circle. I'm sure I'm overlooking something obvious here. Maybe I shouldn't be trying to install on RedHat 9, maybe I'm leaving something out when I install RedHat 9. Is there any manageable way to know all of what I need and what all the dependencies are for them at the outset? Sometimes I can't even find a version of a package required for RedHat 9. I could force a package to install but I have no idea what problems that may cause later on. The overall goal is to get the courier-0.46.tar.bz2 tar ball to build and install. Anyone know any manageable ways to do this? Thanks for any/all suggestions, Ted Beaton -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
