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

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

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.

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.

Weird. Have you tried this?

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