RE: library files in package
On Wed, 2006-19-07 at 11:32 -0400, Jerry DuVal wrote:
> >installed automatically in /usr/lib, or failing that is there a way to
> >have a package automatically install a package that the app being
>
> In the debian/control file add a depends like so
>
> Package: epace-database
> Version: @DEB-VERSION@
> Section: base
> Priority: optional
> Architecture: i386
> Depends: epace-support-files (=@DEB-VERSION@), monitoring-client (>=1.0-19),
> postgresql (>=7.4)
> Maintainer: Jerry Duval <jduval@pace2020.com>
> Description: database package for ePace print management solution
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Steven Hill [mailto:steveh@shscientific.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:27 AM
> >To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
> >Subject: library files in package
> >
> >Is there a way to include library files in a package and have them
> >installed automatically in /usr/lib, or failing that is there a way to
> >have a package automatically install a package that the app being
> >installed depends on?
> >
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you
> >
> >Steve Hill
> >
> >
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>From what I have seen, unsatisfied dependencies that are listed in the
Depends: section just cause the installation to abort and warn the user
of the unsatisfied dependency - am I missing something? I would like the
missing dependency to be satisfied automatically by the installer by
invoking "apt-get install" or some similar process...
Steve hill
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