Problem with dependices

Greg Woods greg@gregandeva.net
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 06:57:14 -0600


Aaron Benedict wrote:

> [root@Alannon tmp]# rpm -ivh tkinter-2.1-2mdk.i586.rpm | rpm -ivh
> python-*.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         python = 2.1-2mdk is needed by tkinter-2.1-2mdk

OK, this says that the tkinter package you are trying to install
requires python. Next:

> error: failed dependencies:
>         tkinter < 2.1 conflicts with python-2.1-2mdk

This looks very much like you have an older version of tkinter already
installed. You can try using the F flag (freshen) instead of i (-Fvh).
If that doesn't work, try uninstalling the old
tkinter first (rpm -e --nodeps tkinter), then installing both new
packages on the single command line.

--Greg