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Re: Install Google Chrome



Alois Mahdal grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 20:56:59 -0800
> David Guntner <david@guntner.com> wrote:
>>
>> Offhand, I'd say install the packages it wants. :-)
>>
>> Those are all standard repository packages for Debian; start
>> with the gconf-service package and work up from there.  Using
>> apt-get or aptitude will help you get them all in place.
> 
> Is there a reason why one would prefer this method over `apt-get
> install -f`?
> 
> I believe that if you use the `-f` way, these dependencies
> will end up marked as automatically installed, making it easy to
> fully uninstall the Chrome later on.

Oh, ok.  I was unfamiliar with that command.

> OTOH, if you install them all manually, APT will not uninstall
> them automatically for you, if you get fed up with Chrome.
> 
> Am I mising something?

No, but apparently I was. :-)

              --Dave


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