dpkg and dependecies

[Joseph Holland King <insanc@cc.gatech.edu>]

is there anyway to get dpkg or even apt-get to reslove dependencies while
installing? for some reason (i think i missed something during the
install) my system is missing a large amount of needed programs and
libraries, such that anytime i try to install a program i usually install
several other programs and/or libraries also. just wondering if there is a
way to automate this. thanks.

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Joseph Holland King  | "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our
                     |  conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His
                     |  megaphone to rouse a deaf world." C. S. Lewis