help!!

Law1213 · 09-06-2004, 06:52 AM

Hi,

ok I've ran into a problem. This is how it started, I was upgrading python 2.2 to 2.3 using an rpm, anyway the installation seemed to go smoothly until I noticed my package management tools (the handy mandrake app for installing rpms) and drakconf have disappeared. So, I went straight to the console and typed drakconf and it said it didnt exist, so I installed it from the mandrake CD. When I run drakconf now it says,

"Can't locate common.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/libDrakX /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/sbin/drakconf line 28.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/drakconf line 28"

so I did a locate on common.pm and copied it to @INC. Now when I run drakconf it says,

"Undefined subroutine &main::check_for_xserver called at /usr/sbin/drakconf line 30."

and that is where Im stuck what does it mean? and how can I fix it? I need some linux guru help here.

Thanks in advance

ps Also if you have an rpm package and all its dependencies are in the same directory is there away to get it to automatically install the deps needed with out going through each on and installing your self?

Law1213 · 09-06-2004, 07:59 AM

ok I painfully went through and made sure I had all the dependencies for drakconf installed, which include drakxtools, hardware-ui, menudrake, userdrake and all there deps and now darkconf works, however I am still missing my nice rpm ui (package management gui which comes with mandrake) any help on how to install that would be great.

Law1213 · 09-06-2004, 09:33 AM

hi,

Managed to find some help, installed RPMdrake, had to restart the X Server and then the menus and progs were restored

Hope this helps someoone else

rch · 09-06-2004, 12:33 PM

Hi
First when you upgraded your python did you used a force option ,ie
instead of
rpm -Uvh python-blah.rpm
you used
rpm -Uvh --force python-blah.rpm
Now when I did
rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/lib/libDrakX/common.pm I got
drakxtools-newt-10-29mdk
(I am also using Mandrake)
The routine that you are having trouble with uses the file /usr/sbin/drakxconf
check whether the array modifier
use lib '/usr/lib/libDrakX'
is included in the first lines of the files you are having trouble with
to do that you can
1)check the INC array by

Code:

$perl -e 'foreach (@INC) { print "$_\n"}'

2)If the location of common.pm( I found that to be in /usr/lib/libDrakX) is not in the output of (1) then
check on the individual files like /usr/bin/drakconf using a editor (like vim or gedit) and check whether it contains the line

Code:

use lib '/usr/lib/libDrakX'

As for the dependency question
do a
rpm -q --requires to a rpm
Example:I did this and got

Code:

$rpm -q --requires drakconf
mandrake-release  
drakxtools > 10-12mdk
harddrake-ui > 10-12mdk
popt >= 1.6.4-24mdk
usermode  
perl-Gtk2 >= 1.023-1mdk
perl-Gnome2-Vte  
gtk+2.0 >= 2.2.0-3mdk
perl-MDK-Common >= 1.0.4-16mdk
menudrake >= 0.7.2-1mdk
userdrake >= 0.92-6mdk
/bin/sh  
/bin/sh  
/bin/sh  
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
perl-base  
perl(Gnome2::Vte)  
perl(POSIX)

now while installing do a rpm of all the packages that are required at once
So to install drakconf do

Code:

rpm -ivh drakxtools-blah.rpm harddrake-ui-blah.rpm blah.rpm blah.rpm

The best solution for novice users is to use a GUI rpm manager like those in mandy distributions.
Robin

rch · 09-07-2004, 05:44 AM

there is another way ( as i noticed that you use mandy)
you can use urpmi
example
$urpmi drakconf
will return
Everything is installed
if everything is ok.
so try
urpmi <packagename in which you are having trouble>
or
urpmi <rpm with dependencies>
it will try to install the dependencies itself
check
man urpmi
man urpmq
and remember the $ sign above represents the shell
Robin