[gobolinux-users] Package Manager

[Michael Homer]

On 4/8/07, Tom Connell <Gobolinux at tjconnell.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am still having big problems with updating programs!
>
> I am trying to upgrade to Firefox 2 and the problems I have encountered
> so far are:
>
> 1) Manager is NOT resolving dependencies Firefox 2 has about 10
> dependancy updates that need to be done and although I have ticked the
> boxes to queue dependancies and to force updates this is not happening!
Freshen (the CVS version for which I posted a package) will resolve
dependencies, order them, and optionally perform the installation for
you. `Freshen Firefox` will give you a list, `Freshen -U Firefox` will
perform the installation. Just `Freshen` will show you everything that
can be updated; `Freshen --help` will give you all the other options.
I'm plugging it because it might actually be helpful to you, not just
because I wrote it.

With Manager, if you're doing major updates, you're better to use it
to get a list and then do the updates themselves manually.
> 2) InstallPackage IS resolving dependencies and generating the list and
> offering an option to install all (ia) this is not happening as only the
> first (FontConfig) was installed before I was returned to a prompt!
I've had that problem too, come to think of it. It may be a bug. I
didn't look into it at the time, since my focus was on what Freshen
uses.

You should be able to use `InstallPackage Firefox` to install it,
though, if you either select them to install individually or look to
see which ones aren't satisfied and are actually necessary, then
install them yourself first.
> 3) I started to install the dependencies individually and hit a wall at
> GCC 4.1.2 which failed verification! (Why does a binary package like
> Firefox NEED GCC?)
`SymlinkProgram GCC 4.1.2` and continue. It's probably nothing.
-Michael