SDL Installation Problems
Hello,
Let me first say that I am a newb and I am likely to ask some pretty stupid questions here, but I am just totally confused. This topic may fit better under "Software", if you think so, tell me and I'll repost there. OK here we go.... I am attempting to install Simple DirectMedia Library on a Red Hat Enterprise box version 2.6.9-5ELsmp I d/l SDL-1.2.12-1.i36.rpm and double clicked. The package manager reports the following: Unlocatable Packages Required by libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) SDL 1.2.12 So far, so good.... I can see how this would be a requirement. So I locate and d/l glibc-2.4-4.i386.rpm and run the package manager which reports: Unlocatable Packages Required by glibc-common glibc 2.4 Again, I can make sense out of this. Since glibc-common didn't reference a version number I would assume that 2.4 would be the "most compatable" with GLIBC_2.4 so I locate and d/l glibc-common-2.4-4.i386.rpm. Run the package manager with this file and I get: Unlocatable Packages Required by glibc glibc-common WTF??? So I have a recursive requirement??? glibc needs glibc-common which needs glibc???? Should it be this complicated to install SDL or am I just a total idiot.... Also, I have seen 'yum' before but it does not seem to exist on my Red Hat install. Should it be? Is that a better approach? Please, some advice would be appreciated. I don't expect to be spoon-fed, but a little guidance would be most welcome! Thanks in advance, -reverb- |
You've probably gotten your answer by now, but I actually encountered the same problem.
The packages require eachother...so they need to be installed together. I use Ubuntu, so i did "apt-get install package1 package2 package3" What i was doing wrong, was trying to install each one, one at a time. |
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