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FS#11912 - wish(1) missing dependency for xmaxima

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Stathis K (Beket) - Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 13:08 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 09:22 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture i686
Severity Critical
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

xmaxima misses wish(1) dependency.

[stathis@archlinux ~] xmaxima
/usr/bin/xmaxima: line 3: exec: wish: not found
[stathis@archlinux ~]

Here is the information about maxima package:
[stathis@archlinux ~] pacman -Qi maxima
Name : maxima
Version : 5.16.3-2
URL : http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Licenses : GPL
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : clisp>=2.45 librep libsigsegv readline bash
Optional Deps : tk: graphical xmaxima interface
Required By : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 40820.00 K
Packager : Ronald van Haren <ronald.archlinux.org>
Architecture : i686
Build Date : Fri Sep 26 11:12:16 2008
Install Date : Fri Oct 24 11:25:19 2008
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description : Maxima - a sophisticated computer algebra system
[stathis@archlinux ~]

Here is the kernel I am running:
[stathis@archlinux ~] uname -a
Linux archlinux 2.6.27-zen2eee #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 24 12:17:15 CEST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
[stathis@archlinux ~]

By the way, why is xmaxima installed since it is an "optional dep" of maxima ?

Best regards,
Stathis Kamperis
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 09:22 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 09:22 GMT
We don't split packages. For xmaxima you'll need tk installed, which provides the wish binary. Pacman informs you about this because of the optdepends.

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