I've downloaded libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb from ftp.gnome.org, and have just tried installing it on my hamm box. I got a load of dependency problems with dpkg, even for things that are installed. I installed
libglib1.1.13_1.1.13-1_i386.deb libgtk1.1.13_1.1.13-1_i386.deb without any problem. When trying to install libgnome0, dpkg complains that I don't have (amongst other things) the right versions of libglib and libgtk! I think I do, and am a little confused. humbug:root> dpkg -i libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package libgnome0. (Reading database ... 39220 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libgnome0 (from libgnome0_0.30-1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome0: libgnome0 depends on gdk-imlib1 (>= 1.7); however: Package gdk-imlib1 is not installed. libgnome0 depends on libglib1.1 (>= 1.1.3-1); however: Package libglib1.1 is not installed. libgnome0 depends on libgtk1.1 (>= 1:1.1.2-1); however: Package libgtk1.1 is not installed. libgnome0 depends on liborbit0 (>= 0.3.0-1); however: Package liborbit0 is not installed. libgnome0 depends on libungif3g (>= 3.0-2) | giflib3g (>= 3.0-5.2); however: Package libungif3g is not installed. Version of giflib3g on system is 3.0-5. dpkg: error processing libgnome0 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libgnome0 All I really want to do is to get enough of gnome installed to let me use the balsa mail client. Do I need to install lots of packages from slink or potato to get everything I need? Would I be better off just upgrading to slink right now anyway? I'm really not liking this very much, and am starting to think it's too hard... hello tarball, my old friend... Can anybody point me in the right direction (i.e. should I upgrade the whole box, or should I just go and get specific packages from another distribution?) -- Graham
