I'm trying to install Gnome 2 under SuSE 8.0 and I downloaded the appropriate rpms from the SuSE ftp site. It comes up with the following dependency: /sbin/install-info is needed by libidl-0.8.0-15 Anyone know what this is, I tried creating an empty text file by that name but that didn't do it. Thanks for any ideas. -- Bryce Hardy (Santa Rosa, CA) brycehdy@sonic.net
On Saturday 29 June 2002 19.05, Bryce Hardy wrote:
I'm trying to install Gnome 2 under SuSE 8.0 and I downloaded the appropriate rpms from the SuSE ftp site. It comes up with the following dependency:
/sbin/install-info is needed by libidl-0.8.0-15
Anyone know what this is, I tried creating an empty text file by that name but that didn't do it. Thanks for any ideas.
Well, no. rpm dependencies are resolved by the rpm database, not by what's actually installed on the file system. You could have installed something from a .tar.gz for instance and still get dependency problems because the program you installed was never entered into the rpm database. On the other hand, you can manually delete files and rpm won't know the difference. As to your question: this is without doubt the most frequently asked question of all (which package contains the file XXXXX). I'm beginning to believe that SuSE should include an A1 poster in the distribution that reads something like ALL FILES ARE CATALOGUED IN THE FILE ARCHIVES.gz IN THE ROOT OF CD1 OR THE DVD. zgrep sbin/install-info /media/cdrom/ARCHIVES.gz gives the following ./CD1/suse/a2/texinfo-4.0-389.i386.rpm: -rwxr-xr-x root root 18268 Mar 23 19:55 /sbin/install-info ./CD1/suse/a2/texinfo-4.0-389.i386.rpm: lrwxrwxrwx root root 23 Mar 23 19:55 /usr/bin/install-info -> ../../sbin/install-info So, install the package texinfo and that particular dependency should be resolved. regards Anders -- `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'
On Saturday 29 June 2002 10:15 am, Anders Johansson wrote:
So, install the package texinfo and that particular dependency should be resolved.
Thanks Anders, that solved the dependency, I promise to look in the archives.gz file on the DVD from now on... :-) Could I ask an even stupider question? Now how do I start the new Gnome since I uninstalled all previous Gnome stuff beforehand and there's no login entry for Gnome2 in the login screen. If I go to Cntrl-Alt F1 at the login screen to my first console and type gnome2 it says it can't connect to the X server. -- Bryce Hardy (Santa Rosa, CA) brycehdy@sonic.net
On Saturday 29 June 2002 20:09, Bryce Hardy wrote:
On Saturday 29 June 2002 10:15 am, Anders Johansson wrote:
So, install the package texinfo and that particular dependency should be resolved.
Thanks Anders, that solved the dependency, I promise to look in the archives.gz file on the DVD from now on... :-)
Could I ask an even stupider question? Now how do I start the new Gnome since I uninstalled all previous Gnome stuff beforehand and there's no login entry for Gnome2 in the login screen. If I go to Cntrl-Alt F1 at the login screen to my first console and type gnome2 it says it can't connect to the X server.
Try this: startx /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome2 Kevin
On Saturday 29 June 2002 08:57 pm, Kevin L Hochhalter wrote:
Could I ask an even stupider question? Now how do I start the new Gnome since I uninstalled all previous Gnome stuff beforehand and there's no login entry for Gnome2 in the login screen. If I go to Cntrl-Alt F1 at the login screen to my first console and type gnome2 it says it can't connect to the X server.
Try this:
startx /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome2
If I do that it says that the X server is already running, which it is. I guess I need to know what the command is to exit out of X altogether, so I can startx fresh (if that was a pun, please pardon it...) and get into Gnome. So if I'm at the SuSE login screen and Cntrl-Alt-F1 to the first console and login there, which command exits X completely? I swear this is my last question for awhile...no really. :-) -- Bryce Hardy (Santa Rosa, CA) brycehdy@sonic.net
switch to a virtual console [ctrl-alt-F1] and type init 3 it will close X and then run startx - /usr/X11/bin/gnome2 also (May be more desired) for KDM: As root go into the KDE Control Center (kcontrol) ~> System ~> Login Manager ~> Sessions ~> Session types ~> New type gnome2 [add new] That will add Gnome2 to the sessions. hehe, I can get that far, just still cant get past that relocation error :o( RKDavies Textbox Networks On Sun, 2002-06-30 at 00:33, Bryce Hardy wrote:
On Saturday 29 June 2002 08:57 pm, Kevin L Hochhalter wrote:
Could I ask an even stupider question? Now how do I start the new Gnome since I uninstalled all previous Gnome stuff beforehand and there's no login entry for Gnome2 in the login screen. If I go to Cntrl-Alt F1 at the login screen to my first console and type gnome2 it says it can't connect to the X server.
Try this:
startx /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome2
If I do that it says that the X server is already running, which it is. I guess I need to know what the command is to exit out of X altogether, so I can startx fresh (if that was a pun, please pardon it...) and get into Gnome. So if I'm at the SuSE login screen and Cntrl-Alt-F1 to the first console and login there, which command exits X completely? I swear this is my last question for awhile...no really. :-)
-- Bryce Hardy (Santa Rosa, CA) brycehdy@sonic.net
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On Saturday 29 June 2002 09:39 pm, Phantasm wrote:
switch to a virtual console [ctrl-alt-F1] and type init 3
it will close X and then run startx - /usr/X11/bin/gnome2
Thanks, that works. Now I have a lot of error messages about not being able to connect TO the X server. I'm giving up for now. Thanks to everyone who helped out. -- Bryce Hardy (Santa Rosa, CA) brycehdy@sonic.net
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