I normally get around this using apt-get. It looks into the dependancies ( make sure you dont add any custom repositories) and gets whats needed. rpmfind.net will get you apt-get.
]# apt-get -s install ghostscript that will simulate installing ghostscript and tell you all the dependancies. as always man apt-get. cb On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 08:33, Mark Neidorff wrote: > Hi All, > > I think that I'm making the much harder than need be...or that it can't be > done. > > I have a RH 7.3 system and I've gotten a new HP Laserjet 1300 printer. OK, > so I checked and found that there is a driver for this printer on the CUPS > site. I download it only to find out that I am missing a component which I > must get with a new version of ghostscript. <sigh> Ghostscript won't > install cause it needs GLIBC_2_3 and mine is glibc_2_2. OK, fine. I'll > just build ghostscript from source...but when I try to do that, it tells > me that in order to build ghostscript, I need gimp-print-devel. So, I dl > the source of gimp-print-devel and rpm tells me that ghostscript-devel is > needed by gimp-print-devel. And, of course, ghpostscript is needed by > ghostscript-devel (another failed dependency). > > Normally, I'd put everything on one rpm command line and let rpm figure > everything out (as good old rpm should) but some packages are src and > others are "regular" rpms. > > I worry about upgrading glibc because the upgrade may break many things. > My questions then are: > 1. Will upgrading glibc break things as I fear? (If not, then I do that > and the install should work) > 2. Failing that, is there a way to get the ghostscript, gimp-devel, etc. > install to work? > 3. the CUPS driver is a postscript driver for this printer. If I don't go > with CUPS, what alternate do I have for printing with my new printer? > > Thanks for any thoughts, > > Mark -- Chris Benson -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
