Re: automatically install -dev packages

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net> writes:

> On 20-Mar-06, 14:37 (CST), David Griffith <dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu> wrote: 
>> Is there a setting somewhere I can set to cause apt-get and aptitude to
>> always install corresponding -dev packages?  The default behavior of not
>> installing them is particularly annoying when dealing with libraries that
>> are installed when the OS itself is installed.
>
> Nope, there's no such option. 
>
> If you're (re-)building Debian packages, there's an option to "apt-get
> source" that also grabs the build dependencies.

apt-get source just downloads the source and can be run as user.
apt-get build-dep installs build-depends.

MfG
        Goswin