On Sun, 2002-06-30 at 01:16, Mark Moynahan wrote: > I've just installed linux(Mandrake 8.1) and I'm trying to get emacs > installed. Disk 2 of Mandrake 8.1 is in the cdrom and accessible. When I run > this command 'rpm -ivh emacs-X11-20.7-17mdk.i586.rpm' I get this error > message 'error: failed dependencies: emacs is needed by > emacs-X11-20.7-17mdk.i586.rpm'. Any suggestions on how to get Emacs > installed would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Mark Mark, I've got Mandrake 8.2, but IIRC this should also work in 8.1. Use "urpmi emacs*" and it should install all the dependencies. You could also install it from the Software Manager, which is just a GUI front end for urpmi. HTH, -- D.L. 'Cap' Bateman Registered Linux User #268440, Machine #151687 No trees were harmed in sending this Earth-safe message. However, a few electrons may have been inconvenienced.