gmailfs problems

[Joshua Ronne Altemoos]

it is the devel libs  for ssl


On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:33:06 -0500, Stephen Burke <qfwfq at adelphia.net> wrote:
> Has anyone been successful in actually setting up gmailfs?
> The mail part is nifty enough, but what I'm really looking for is that
> gig of remote space tp play with.
> 
> Right off the bat, the gmailfs installation directions call for python
> 2.3, which is proving to be more of a challenge than I'd hoped.
> 
> rpm -q python gives me: python-2.2.2-82.
> 
> So I downloaded (redhat, since they were the only ones I could find and
> since rh rpms have worked here before without problems)
> 
> python2.3-docs-2.3-5pydotorg.i386.rpm,
> python2.3-tools-2.3-5pydotorg.i386.rpm,
> python2.3-2.3-5pydotorg.i386.rpm
> 
> and tried to upgrade with rpm -Uvh *.rpm which gives me:
> 
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libcrypto.so.4   is needed by python2.3-2.3-5pydotorg
>         libssl.so.4   is needed by python2.3-2.3-5pydotorg
> 
>  rpm -q openssl
> openssl-0.9.6i-21
> 
> Attempting to upgrade openssl gives me nothing but more problems,
> conflicts, failed dependancies.
> 
>  rpm -q libcrypto
> package libcrypto is not installed
> 
> An exhaustive search for those missing pieces of the puzzle has found me
> nothing of any use.
> I have even finally gotten aroung to installing apt (after all the
> recent conversation about it here, I was itching to anyway) and trying
> an "apt-get upgrade" in hopes that that might solve the problem.
> 
> Nada.
> 
> apt seems to work, though.
> ;-)
> But now, after Bob's most recent apt vs. rpm question, I'm totally
> confused.
> 
> Surely there must be a better way to go about this, before I screw this
> system up more than it already is. (SuSE 8.2, btw)
> 
> And what does ".so.4" mean?  Apparenly a symlink of some sort, but to
> what end I am well beyond fathoming at the moment.
> 
> Thanks,
> S.
> 
> 


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Josh
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