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[Visualpython-users] VPython RPM wants an older libgtkgl than mine.

[Kevin C. <kj...@gr...>]

Hi,

I've been using Python (1.5.2) and wxPython (2.3.1-1) for a little over
a year now, and recently heard about VPython.

I just downloaded the VPython RPM and learned that it depends on
libgtkgl.so.4.  Mine's libgtkgl.so.5 (provided by gtkglarea-1.2.2-5).
Should I just tell it to ignore the dependencies?  Or will it be
compiled soon with the newer library?

I see that the VPython RPM was converted from a Debian package.  So I
guess there's no native source RPM to compile from...  Is there a source
deb?  (I don't work with the debs much, but am willing to give it a go.)

Thanks.
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Re: [Visualpython-users] VPython RPM wants an older libgtkgl than mine.

[Ari H. <ahe...@an...>]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 11:50:07AM -0400, Kevin Cole wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using Python (1.5.2) and wxPython (2.3.1-1) for a little over
> a year now, and recently heard about VPython.
> 
> I just downloaded the VPython RPM and learned that it depends on
> libgtkgl.so.4.  Mine's libgtkgl.so.5 (provided by gtkglarea-1.2.2-5).
> Should I just tell it to ignore the dependencies?  Or will it be
> compiled soon with the newer library?
> 
> I see that the VPython RPM was converted from a Debian package.  So I
> guess there's no native source RPM to compile from...  Is there a source
> deb?  (I don't work with the debs much, but am willing to give it a go.)
> 

There are tools for building the deb in CVS -- just check out all the CVS
modules, and run the 'make-tar.sh' in the cvisual/ module.

I think the last deb's I built and sent along (which are not on the webpage)
are against an out-of-date libgtkgl4. I haven't replaced those packages,
since the packages should be in the Debian unstable distribution in a couple
of weeks.


Ari