1st install on Linux (RH 7.0) I hit a snaggg !!!

[Chris Nelson]

Peter T. Breuer wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.setup John Hasler <john at dhh.gt.org> wrote:
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>> bowman writes:
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>>> unless you have some dependencies, you might remove the 8.3 rpms and
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>>> install 8.0.
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>> Why do you think he needs to remove 8.3?  tcl8.0, tcl8.2, and tcl8.3 all
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>> co-exist peacefully on my Debian system.
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> Yes, well, to nitpick, he didn't say "need" and he appears to know what
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> he is talking about in general :-). I daresay he just wants to reduce
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> clutter in the case that these installs are really not necessary for
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> the system, thus simplifying whatever problem the OP is facing and
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> aiding diagnosis.
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>>> rpm's are fine things, but they imply your machine has all the bits and
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>>> pieces that the build machine had, which is not always the case.
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>> That's what dependencies are for (and you can have multiple versions of a
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>> given library installed at the same time).
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> Yes.
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> Peter


Ultimately hat I'm looking for is some version of Python 2.0 
(ActiveState or BeOs) to run with IDLE on RH 7.0

I'm back down to the 8.0 version of tcl & tk and 1.52 of tkinter

Does anyone have this working? Should I start a new thread?? w/this as 
topic?

any help is appreciated...Chris