[cups.general] Dependency Nightmare

[Jeff Hardy]

Check out the rpm man page:

rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps PACKAGE_NAME.rpm

This will force install whatever package you want first.  Also, I'd
recommend sticking to all rpm, or all source within a given package and
set of packages where possible.  Mixing and matching can often lead to
problems that are only resolved by creative symlinking.


On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 12:08, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * Michael Sweet <mike at easysw.com> [040721 06:31]:
> > Tim Johnson wrote:
> > >...
> > >When I attempt to install this package as follows (as root):
> > >rpm -Uvf gimp-print-4.2.6-1.i386.rpm
> > 
> > Don't forget to upgrade all of the gimp-print RPMs...
>   
>   Tried a wild card. Shouldn't have done that. Sorry.
>  
>   I presume there is an order for which I do this install,
>   but I don't know where to start. What follows is the
>   list of rpms that I have downloaded:
> 
>   gimp-print-4.2.6-1.i386.rpm
>   gimp-print-debuginfo-4.2.6-1.i386.rpm
>   gimp-print-plugin-4.2.6-1.i386.rpm
>   gimp-print-cups-4.2.6-1.i386.rpm  
>   gimp-print-devel-4.2.6-1.i386.rpm
>   gimp-print-utils-4.2.6-1.i386.rpm
> 
>   If I start with gimp-print-4.2.6-1.i386.rpm,
>   ]# rpm -Uvf gimp-print-4.2.6-1.i386.rpm
>   ## I get:
>   error: Failed dependencies:
>           gimp-print = 4.2.4 is needed by (installed)
>           gimp-print-plugin-4.2.4-5
>   If I attempt to install via tarball, configure
>   gives me the following error:
>     "Cannot find GIMP libraries: Please run ldconfig as root"
>     It appears that the GIMP libraries are at /usr/lib
>     and LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib, so I'm additionally
>     confounded by this error.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> So: Where do I start?
>     What other packages do I need?
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> > >...
> > >1)What the &*(^ do I do now?
> > 
> > First: Don't Panic! :)
>  
>   I haven't paniced and I'm unlikely to. But I am frankly
>   quite frustrated, and to a great deal, I'm frustrated *for*
>   open source printing and Linux, because I have installed
>   numerous printers (all via samba on windows boxes) from
>   RH 6.0 thru RH 9.0, and they have all been trivial to
>   install, in fact easier than in a windows box, just pick
>   from a printer list in printconf-gui. 
> 
>   The process of installing a new printer driver *should* be,
>   (in my opinion) not be linked to a complicated process
>   of upgrading.
> 
>   When we get there, I can start telling my customers that
>   yes, they can switch to Linux and open source products.
> 
>   If I'm ranting, :-) I'm ranting out of love.
>   Maybe we can turn my problems into a howto.
> 
> > Second: remember to upgrade all of the gimp-print RPMs, as
> > they depend on each other.  The error you got the second time
> > came up because you only tried upgrading the base package and
> > not the -devel and other packages.
>  
>   See my question above about "where to start".
> 
> > >   it where do I get it?
> > 
> > We do offer ESP Print Pro for $49 (download), which can be demoed
>  
>   :-) That's an hour of my time. Will check it out.
> 
>   Thanks a lot for the response and the advice. Obviously
>   I will need more.
> 
>   regards,
>   tim
> 
> > for free for 21 days.  The direct link is:
> > 
> >     http://www.easysw.com/printpro/
> > 
> > The current release doesn't contain a PPD for the C64, but if you
> > email me I can send you one that will work with the 4.4.1 drivers.
> > 
> > -- 
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
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