I'm trying out different music players. One that looks promising is called Quod Libet: http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet I downloaded the tar file and attempted to install it. I got this message: [dave at localhost quodlibet-0.13.1]$ ./quodlibet.py E: You need GTK+ 2.6 and PyGTK 2.6 or greater. E: You have GTK+ 2.4.13 and PyGTK 2.4.0. E: Please upgrade GTK+/PyGTK. I tried a YUM update, but it didn't say anything about new versions of GTK or PyGTK. What am I not understanding about this situation? Dave
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2005-Oct-12 12:42 UTC
[CentOS] Should I and can I upgrade GTK+/PyGTK?
On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 21:38 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:> I'm trying out different music players. One that looks promising is > called Quod Libet: > http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet > > I downloaded the tar file and attempted to install it. I got this > message: > > [dave at localhost quodlibet-0.13.1]$ ./quodlibet.py > E: You need GTK+ 2.6 and PyGTK 2.6 or greater. > E: You have GTK+ 2.4.13 and PyGTK 2.4.0. > E: Please upgrade GTK+/PyGTK. > > I tried a YUM update, but it didn't say anything about new versions of > GTK or PyGTK. > > What am I not understanding about this situation?The fact that enterprise-class distros don't give you the latest and greatest. Their focus is on distro stability, not on whiz-bang technology. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net> http://centos.ivazquez.net/ gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 38028b72 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20051012/acf254eb/attachment-0002.sig>
Dave Gutteridge wrote:> I downloaded the tar file and attempted to install it. I got this > message: > > [dave at localhost quodlibet-0.13.1]$ ./quodlibet.py > E: You need GTK+ 2.6 and PyGTK 2.6 or greater. > E: You have GTK+ 2.4.13 and PyGTK 2.4.0. > E: Please upgrade GTK+/PyGTK. > > I tried a YUM update, but it didn't say anything about new versions of > GTK or PyGTK. > > What am I not understanding about this situation?CentOS or any Enterprise Distro will not give you the latest leading edge pkgs, if thats what you want - look elsewhere. - K -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
Dave Gutteridge wrote:>I'm trying out different music players. One that looks promising is >called Quod Libet: >http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet > >I downloaded the tar file and attempted to install it. I got this >message: > >[dave at localhost quodlibet-0.13.1]$ ./quodlibet.py >E: You need GTK+ 2.6 and PyGTK 2.6 or greater. >E: You have GTK+ 2.4.13 and PyGTK 2.4.0. >E: Please upgrade GTK+/PyGTK. > >I tried a YUM update, but it didn't say anything about new versions of >GTK or PyGTK. > >What am I not understanding about this situation? > >Perhaps I'm just old/lazy/cranky, but you JUST got your system working after a lot of contortions and help from the list and now you want to break it again? Why not use a player that is supported "out of the box" and spend your time using the system instead of wrestling with it? When you're a bit more familiar with Linux and CentOS, that would be a good time to start digging into things. People here, at least in my experience, are extremely patient and helpful, but perhaps that sentiment might wane in the face of a steady stream of self inflicted wounds.. 8-) And now the answer... Those versions aren't available in the yum repository because Redhat hasn't yet updated their packages in RHEL4. CentOS tracks their changes. If you want these newer versions of GTK and the python extensions, you can certainly divert off the beaten track and install them yourself. It might work without incident. It might work, but break other applications. It might not work at all. 8-) Best regards,
> The fact that enterprise-class distros don't give you the latest and > greatest. Their focus is on distro stability, not on whiz-bang > technology.I'm sorry that it took me so long to understand. I will look for other distributions and move away from CentOS as soon as possible. I apologize for wasting people's time in trying to use CentOS in ways that it was not designed for. Dave
On 10/12/05, Dave Gutteridge <dave at tokyocomedy.com> wrote:> > I'm trying out different music players. One that looks promising is > called Quod Libet: > http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet > > I downloaded the tar file and attempted to install it. I got this > message: > > [dave at localhost quodlibet-0.13.1]$ ./quodlibet.py > E: You need GTK+ 2.6 and PyGTK 2.6 or greater. > E: You have GTK+ 2.4.13 and PyGTK 2.4.0. > E: Please upgrade GTK+/PyGTK. > > I tried a YUM update, but it didn't say anything about new versions of > GTK or PyGTK. > > What am I not understanding about this situation? > > Dave >Have you checked Dag's (dag.wieers.com) or Karan's (rpm.karan.org) repositories? -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.