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Old 02-29-2004, 11:43 PM   #1
ex0r
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Failed Dependencies, not sure what it means..


I downloaded the new Gaim and tried to install the package and get this...

Code:
error: failed dependencies:
	gtk+2.0 >= 2.0.0 is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libnss3 is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	perl-base >= 2:5.8.1 is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libao.so.2   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libaspell.so.15   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libatk-1.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libaudiofile.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libcrypt.so.1   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libc.so.6   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libdl.so.2   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libglib-2.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libgmodule-2.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libgobject-2.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libgtkspell.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libICE.so.6   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libm.so.6   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libnsl.so.1   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libnspr4.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libnss3.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libpango-1.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libpangox-1.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libpangoxft-1.0.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libperl.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libplc4.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libplds4.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libpspell.so.15   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libpthread.so.0   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libsmime3.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libSM.so.6   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libsoftokn3.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libssl3.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libtcl8.4.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libtk8.4.so   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libutil.so.1   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libX11.so.6   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	libXext.so.6   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	perl >= 0:5.008 is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	perl(AutoLoader)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	perl(Carp)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	perl(Exporter)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	perl(strict)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	perl(warnings)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
	perl(XSLoader)   is needed by gaim-0.75-0mdk9.2
RESULT=1
Now does that mean I need each one of those files or what, I also just tried downloaded the source and compile and when I get to make install I get an error dealing with lss I'm stumped, thanks for help.
 
Old 02-29-2004, 11:49 PM   #2
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If you're using Slackware, your RPM database is probably empty, which is why you're getting dependency problems, besides you shouldn't use an RPM compiled for Mandrake anyway.
Get the slackpack here:
http://www.linuxpackages.net/
then install it with "installpkg <package.tgz>"
 
Old 03-01-2004, 12:05 AM   #3
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hmmm installpkg command not found...?
 
Old 03-01-2004, 01:16 AM   #4
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try doing it as root, "whereis installpkg" if its still not there
Just to double check, you're running Slackware right?
 
  


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