Re: [Pythoncard-users] Need help installing Pythoncard on SuSE 9.3

[Bryan M. <bmu...@gm...>]

On 8/20/05, soh...@ad... <soh...@ad...> wrote:
> Thanks for replying.
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> The rpms were made for any distro that uses Redhat's Package Manager.  Th=
e Pythoncard web site includes install instructions for both Mandrake and R=
edhat (Fedora).  So, in principle, the installation of Pythoncard should wo=
rk if the distro uses the package manager and the Linux Standard Base.  But=
 as the failed dependency message below would seem to indicate, the command=
 <rpm -i PythonCard-0.8.1-1mdk.noarch.rpm>, doesn't know how to find softwa=
re that is clearly on my system.
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> Either that, or the problem is more severe.  (It could also be the case t=
hat I am not the superior life form that I think I am.)  :-)

I've had the same hope as you that rpms for one rpm based, lsb
conformant distro would work with another, but whenever I've tried it
hasn't been the case.

I don't know that much about the internals of rpm, or the lsb and all
it wonderful promises, but it appears that Python comes in an rpm
named python-base for Mandrake.  So this Mandrake PythonCard rpm (you
can tell it's for Mandrake because of the mdk in the filename)
apparently depends on this python-base rpm.  From the list of python
rpms you provided for your SuSE system, you do not have an rpm named
python-base installed.  My guess is SuSE just called their rpm python,
which is in your list (python-2.4-14).  This is probably why the
Mandrake rpm is not working for you.

I would suggest installing it from source or figuring out how to
package a proper SuSE rpm.  You could also try rpm -i --nodeps
PythonCard-0.8.1-1mdk.noarch.rpm, but in my experience that never
works out very well.

Bryan