[aclug-L] Re: A real newbie

[Bruce Bales <bbales@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff and Craig,

Thanks a bunch.  I found the last three files in the first file -
gimp-libgimp using RPM.  Got gimp running.  My first application.  I'll
keep trying.  I know I need to do more configuration - the 640x480
display doesn't show all of the top and bottom of x windows.

Thanks again, bruce

Craig Terhune wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> Somewhere on the CD's you will find the files needed. I know because I found
> them once. I don't know if RH has it but Suse when you install things it
> will auto install all prog. to fulfil the dependencies. Cool !!! It sure
> makes things easier on the brain.
> > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999,
> Bruce Bales wrote: >  > > After 2 months away, I am trying Linux again.  Red
> Hat 5.2.  Installed > > as well as I could following RH install book.  df 
> gives
> me: / is 100 mb, > > /boot is 30 mb, /home is 100mb, /usr is 1.29 gb.
> > > Each time I restart, /var/log/messages records "cannot find map file,"
> > > and "no module symbols loaded."  Is that bad?
> >
> > Well, if you don't have any modules that you need, no.  But what it's
> > telling you is that it tried and failed to load the System.map file
> > from where you specified it in /etc/lilo.conf.
> >
> >
> > > Tried to RPM gimp.  rpm -ivh gimp-1.0.1-2.i386.rpm
> > >     Get: "failed dependencies:
> > >         gib-libgimp=1.0.1 is needed by gimp
> > >         libgck.so.1 is needed by gimp
> > >         libgimp.so.1 is needed by gimp
> > >         libgimpui.so.1 is needed by gimp
> > >
> > > I can't find the last three on the CDRom anywhere and if I found them, I
> > > wouldn't know what to do with them.
> >
> > You could go to redhat (or a mirror)'s ftp site and get them.  They
> > may be on the 2nd CD (I don't know, as I've never used Da Gimp).
> >
> > In any case, once you find them 'rpm -Uvh' them.
> > It's also possible that some of those libraries are included
> > in one or more "gimp library" rpms.  You can do 'rpm -qpl file.rpm' to
> > see what files it provides, so ...
> > rpm -qipl /mnt/cdrom/blah/blah/gimp*.rpm | grep libgimp.so.1
> > would get you started
> >
> > -jeff
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