Re: RPM Dependancy Problem

[Ian Peters <itp-gnome-list geodesic res cmu edu>]

On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 11:48:04AM -0700, Jack Newton wrote:
> 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
> 

RPM isn't designed to "see" stuff you've installed yourself.  If you
truly believe that you are right and RPM is wrong, investigate the
options to rpm(8).  Try --nodeps.

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