dpkg wont install gmail-notify b/c depends on obselete python package

baldy1324 · 08-11-2006, 10:40 AM

hi i just download the gmail-notifer .deb package (http://gmail-notify.sourceforge.net/download.php).

Code:

debian:/home/robert# dpkg -i Desktop/gmail-notify-1.6.deb
Selecting previously deselected package gmail-notify.
(Reading database ... 58566 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gmail-notify (from Desktop/gmail-notify-1.6.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gmail-notify:
 gmail-notify depends on python2.3-gtk2 (>= 2.2.0); however:
  Package python2.3-gtk2 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing gmail-notify (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gmail-notify

this installs it but dosent configure even if i run dpkg --configure gmail...

i did an apt-cache show python-gtk2 (the package that i have on my system) and it says it conflicts with python2.3-gtk2. i guess python2.3-gtk2 is replaced by python-gtk2.

please help me
thank you

pda_h4x0r · 08-11-2006, 01:44 PM

What would happen if you were to install python2.3-gtk2? I think python-gtk2 is a metapackage that refers to the latest python/GTK2 package--replacing it shouldn't be a problem.

baldy1324 · 08-11-2006, 02:00 PM

Code:

debian:/home/robert# apt-get install python2.3-gtk2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Note, selecting python-gtk2 for regex ‘python2.3-gtk2’
python-gtk2 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

pda_h4x0r · 08-11-2006, 04:56 PM

Weird. Have you tried this?

# dpkg-reconfigure python2.3-gtk2 gmail-notify