Re: Dependencies of -dbg and -doc packages
Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
> The other tool is aptitude. Since Debian 4.0 "Etch", aptitude is
> the official, recommended tool for both installation and upgrades; it
> supersedes dselect.
>
> If you navigate to gnat-4.3 and hit ENTER, you will see this:
>
> http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ch01s01s01.html
>
> Towards the bottom of the screen, a line says:
>
> --- Packages which depend on gnat-4.3
>
> And you can expand it (with ENTER) to:
Ok, now it is showing packages that are not installed. I don't see what
I did differently this time than last time :(. Apparently ncurses
interfaces just don't like me (or vice-versa :).
> On each package in each of these categories, you can type '+' to install
> it, '-' to remove it, ENTER to display its detailed information, etc.
Ok.
> This is how I installed all Ada packages; the only problem is that I
> sometimes had to do multiple cycles of ENTER, scroll down, '+' to get
> all packages. And I missed a few -dbg or -doc packages that are *not*
> currently linked to gnat-4.3 in any way.
Right. It's not automatically a recursive depends list.
> PS. I hear aptitide now has a GTK+ interface in addition to the ncurses
> interface. I've never used it.
That would be aptitude-gtk, whose description says:
This package contains an EXPERIMENTAL version of aptitude that includes
a GTK+-based graphical interface. It is INCOMPLETE and may not work
properly. If you do not need a GUI or prefer a more stable interface,
you can instead use the version of aptitude found in the package
"aptitude".
synaptic serves the same purpose, and appears to be more mature.
>> And we still need a FAQ to point out this way of using synaptic; it's
>> not obvious, both because it doesn't involve searching for "ada", and it
>> involves the mysterious "dependencies" search option.
>
> How about an appendix in the Debian Policy for Ada?
That makes sense. Although it would be best of a web search for "Debian
Ada FAQ" found it. Hmm. Currently, the first hit for that phrase, on
ask.com and Google, is the Debian Policy for Ada. So I guess that
criterion is satisfied :).
The third hit on Google is also Debian Policy for Ada, but on the
out-dated adaworld.com. That site will never die!
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-- Stephe
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