-----Original Message----- From: Fancher, Mark (GEAE) [mailto:Mark.Fancher@ae.ge.com] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:52 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] GTK?
I've been trying to install a program, but have had some dependency problems. I emailed the author and he told me that I need GTK2.0 - whatever that is. I have SuSE8.0 (Personal), and apparently, it doesn't have GTK2.0.
So, I went to the SuSE ftp site and downloaded all the files that looked something like gtk2.0 or libgtk2.0. Tried to install them, but always aborted because they depended on some other programs. I probably spent a good 4 hours trying to get this installed.
From reading posts from other members, look's as if many people need this program.
What am I doing wrong? Is there an easier way to install these system components (bits and pieces)?
Is Linux always this way when you try to install a program?
Mark
You can force your rpms to install without dependency checks like this: rpm -Uhv <package name>.rpm --nodeps --force