How To Properly Install Dependencies
 

Hello

I need some direction on how to install dependencies. This has plagued me once or twice. I try to install a program (Inkscape). It goes through configure and tells me an error (it needs libgc 6.4+). I then go to the web site directed to and download libgc 6.8. I do configure, make, make install, and all appears to go well. I then go back to Inkscape to install and get the same error as before.

I am using Suse 10.0 with KDE 3.5. How do I tell Inkscape on the configure that I have libgc 6.8? Or, how do I tell libgc 6.8 on the install where to go so that Inkscape knows it is there?

Thanks
Harpo

Go to the http://rpm.pbone.org site. Select advanced search, clear all the boxes and click on "SuSE 10.x" and "SuSE Other". There is an Inkscape package prepared for SuSE 10.0.

Click on a link that has 10.0 in the link. The dependencies are listed on the next page with links where you can download them, although they may be on your install discs. The site can even examine you system and highlight the dependencies that you need. By the way, there is no libgc in the dependency list for the 10.0 version of Inkscape.

You might also want to add the repository as a YaST source, if the repository has packages that aren't on your install discs. Then you can later install packages from this repo using YaST.

You could save yourself time and effort by installing inkscape using YAST or SMART. All dependencies will be automatically resolved for you.