Re: Afterstep i386 RPM

Andrew Sullivan (ajsulliv@sprint.ca)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:13:12 -0400 (EDT) 

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Emmanuel Lambert wrote:

> I canot find an aswer to this problem in the FAQ. Can you please help me ?
> Trying to install the afterstep RPM on my Redhat 4.2 system, I received

Ok, first question: where did you get the AfterStep RPM and what version
is it?  There is a RedHat AfterStep-alike which has caused problems.  It's
not AS, & I don't know anything about it.  Now, as long as you have the
Real Thing . . .

> this error saying :
> "failed dependencies:
>         /bin/sh is needed by AfterStep-1.4-1"
> /bin/sh is a symbolic link to bash on my system. Is that okay ??

Should be ok.  Looks like you're trying to install version 1.4-1.  This
version is slightly out of date; it has a few problems which are (in my
view) reason enough to upgrade.  You can get the current source from
ftp.afterstep.org/pub/.  You can also find newer RPMs scattered about the
net, although I don't know where (I don't have the RPM package on my box).
Have a look through the list archives over the last little while to find
the latest RPMs.

> So, I ran rpm with the "nodeps" option, but now, it still doesn't work.
> I have created a ".xinitrc" file with "exec afterstep" in it, but when I
> run startx, I get the error : /usr/share/locale: No such file or directory
> BUT THIS DIRECTORY DOES EXIST on my system!!

The problem is likely not with your .xinitrc, but in your locale
configuration.  What is likely is that your locale is not configured
correctly for the RPM as you have it installed.  Locale is needed for
various language support.  I am not familiar enough with this to suggest
solutions for you, except to say that you might try getting the AS source
and compiling it. 

Andrew Sullivan | asullivan@sprint.ca (better)| ajsulliv@mcmaster.ca (worse)
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