Enabling user exec to install?

[fedorIA]

After entering install commands:

Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : OpenYahtzee-1.8.1-1.i386 1/1

Installed:
OpenYahtzee.i386 0:1.8.1-1

Complete!
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Immediately thereafter:

rpm -V OpenYahtzee-1.8.1.1.i386.rpm
package OpenYahtzee-1.8.1.1.i386.rpm is not installed
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The folder in the yum file looks awkward and the executable isn't there any more. Looks like a crap file or some tweaking needs to be done on my part.

[Hlingler]

When running the command, omit the suffix '.rpm' - in fact, just use the base name:
rpm -V OpenYahtzee

I'm installing it now to test, will post back in a few minutes when done... .

V

[Hlingler]

Unfortunately, it looks like the RPM is a dud:

]$ /usr/bin/openyahtzee
Fatal Error: Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected.
The library used 2.6 (no debug,Unicode,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,wx containers,compatible with 2.2,compatible with 2.4),
and your program used 2.6 (no debug,Unicode,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,wx containers,compatible with 2.4).
Aborted

Not sure what went wrong with their build. Although this is unusual, and was worth a try to avoid unnecessary work. Obviously, to get this application working would require compile from source, and to be honest, I'm not up to debugging right now.

Which takes us back to your original issue: why can't you './configure' ? If I get time later, I'll download the source code and try a compile... .

V

[Hlingler]

Possible explanation of why the developer's RPM fails on Fedora (from http://www.openyahtzee.org/wiki/FAQ):

Compiling
What are the requirements to compile Open Yahtzee?

To compile Open Yahtzee You will need Sqlite-3.0 (or newer) and wxWidgets-2.6 (or newer). I compiled Open Yahtzee against wxWidgets-2.6.4 and some parts of the game seems broken. Why?

wxWidgets-2.6.4 introduces couple of new bugs, which unfortunately break some of the functionality (mainly the items in the About dialog and changing the layout to horizontal). My Advice it to upgrade to wxWidgets-2.8 branch, or downgrade back to wxWidgets-2.6.3 and recompile the game.

The compat-wxGTK-2.6.4 was dragged in as a prerequisite by OpenYahtzee:

~]$ rpm -qa | grep wx | sort
compat-wxGTK26-2.6.4-10.fc11.i586
wxBase-2.8.10-3.fc11.i586
wxGTK-2.8.10-3.fc11.i586

Not sure what exactly is the problem though, this wx[GTK]* stuff is a somewhat confusing mess... .

V

[fedorIA]

Thanks for doing all that---at least I know what to do with other programs.

My original problem with ./configure is that the config.log came back with numerous gcc errors, saying "gcc- no, cc-no, cl.exe-no" then the install abruptly stopped. Now I'm getting "Permission Denied" errors after trying a few things. I get this with every package so I'll try to find an exact output.

[Hlingler]

I still have no idea why you would get such "permission denied" messages - again: unless you are not user=Nathan.

I re-compiled the binary executable against F11 i586 (32-bit) using the same [compat-]wx[GTK]* plus Development packages, and got a working executable (it opens, but I have no idea how to play the game), which I have upload to: openyahtzee.
Download the file, and (as root user) copy or move to folder /usr/bin/ (over-writing the binary executable that came with the developer's RPM).

None of this explains why you have the permissions problem, or why exactly the RPM fails, but this is the expeditious solution to getting a working application. Post back if you have further questions/problems.

V

[fedorIA]

I am Nathan, at least I'm the guy who installed the program and named the host and set the root password. I'm not on the users list, which I found odd, but I roll with it. Games installed via Add/Remove work fine but I've yet to squeeze past this one. I did try gyahtzee which becomes basicallyl gtk yahtzee, and I got all the way through ./config-make-make install for glib. Maybe my initial problem is solved.

Where do you find the commands to do all those things in your 2nd paragraph??

[fedorIA]

Wow. My problem, pure and simple---I can't install gtk+2 for some reason.