dependency hell
Robert Graham Merkel
rgmerk@mira.net
Fri, 18 May 2001 00:21:40 +1000
On Thu, 17 May 2001 12:43:51 Dan Kegel wrote:
> When I tried a while ago to install gnucash, the dependencies were many.
>
> I just looked at the RPM for 1.5.95, and the dependencies are now legion.
> Voila:
>
> [root@danq downloads]# rpm -i gnucash-1.5.95-1.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> libbonobo-print.so.2 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libbonobo.so.2 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libbonobox.so.2 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libgal.so.6 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libgtkhtml.so.9 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libguppidata.so.9 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libguppidataui.so.9 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libguppimath.so.9 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libguppiplot.so.9 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libguppispecfns.so.9 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libguppistat.so.9 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libguppitank.so.9 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libguppiuseful.so.9 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> libg-wrap-runtime-guile.so.2 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
> liboaf.so.0 is needed by gnucash-1.5.95-1
>
> I'd love to help you folks QA this, but I won't be able to
> unless you provide all the RPM's I need to install on
> Red Hat 7.1 to install yours. There's no way the average
> user should have to hunt them down. And tonight, I feel like
> a very average user...
>
We do package the ones that aren't commonly available:
ftp://ftp.gnucash.org/pub/g-wrap
ftp://ftp.gnucash.org/pub/guppi (which provides most of the
dependencies you're missing)
As to your complaint about tracking down libraries, I totally
agree with you! That's why I use Debian, which automatically
tracks down and installs dependancies for me . . .
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