RE: RPM Dependancy Problem

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

Rpm dosn't check for the actual files on the harddrive. If you installed
something via tarballs you must use the --nodeps option when installing.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jack Newton [SMTP:newton@ualberta.ca]
> Sent:	Monday, December 28, 1998 10:48 AM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	RPM Dependancy Problem
> 
> I'm trying to install Gnome v 0.99, but I seem to be having problems.  One
> of the packages says its dependancies are unfufilled, and as such I'm
> unable
> to install the package.  However, the packages it says aren't installed
> indeed are: for example, gtk+ is installed (from a tarball) in
> /usr/local/lib, but the RPM doesn't "see" it.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jack Newton
>