tkinter rpm will not install

[dans45]

Hello, I'm trying to execute rpm-Uvh tkinter-2.2.3-26.i386.rpm on my linux station. The error I get is
error: Failed dependencies:
libtix8.1.8.3.so is needed by tkinter-2.2.3-26
libtk8.3.so is needed by tkinter-2.2.3-26
Well, problem is these files are on the machine at
./usr/local/lib/libtix8.1.8.3.so
./home/oper8tor/tix-8.1.3/unix/tk8.3/libtix8.1.8.3.so
And ./usr/local/lib is in PYTHONPATH and PATH env variables. Does the RPM just look for the files or does it actually use them? Thanks for any help.

 

[ericbrunson]

My guess is that libtix was not installed via RPM. rpm does not look for the file, it looks for the capability entry in the RPM database. If you do "rpm -qf /usr/local/lib/libtix8.1.8.3.so" you get the message: file /usr/local/lib/libtix8.1.8.3.so is not owned by any package.

My recommendation would be to find the rpm containing libtix and install it. Barring that, install the tkinter rpm using --nodeps and hope it works, though the first solution is preferred.

 

[dans45]

Thanks Eric, that solved the problem. I installed with --nodeps. I installed the TK, TCL, and TIX from source files so they are not in the RPM database. I'm a linux novice so this was unknown to me. Thanks again.