Problem with dependices

Bill Nottingham notting@redhat.com
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:46:09 -0400


Aaron Benedict (aaronmb@telocity.com) said: 
> The first thing that I did was try to install python but I got this error:
> [root@Alannon tmp]# rpm -ivh python-2.1-2mdk.i586.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         tkinter < 2.1 conflicts with python-2.1-2mdk
> 
> I figured that I needed to install tkinter first. When I tried that I got 
> the following error:
> [root@Alannon tmp]# rpm -ivh tkinter-2.1-2mdk.i586.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         python = 2.1-2mdk is needed by tkinter-2.1-2mdk
> 
> Can anyone tell me what I can do to fix this?

Install both packages in the same transaction (i.e., on the same
command line.)

Bill