Re: Difference Dependency-Recommendation

[Holger Rauch <Holger.Rauch@heitec.de>]

Hello John!

First of all, thanks for your quick reply!

On 28 Dec 2000, John Hasler wrote:

> [...]
> > I think both have the same result: the packet (usually, unless explicitly
> > overridden) gets installed.
> 
> No.  dpkg (which is what actually installs packages regardless of the
> front-end) will not install packages with unsatisfied dependencies unless
> you use '--force-depends'.  It ignores 'Recommends' (as does apt).  dselect
> gets rather insistent about 'Recommends', but its insistence can be
> overridden.

Oh, thanks for mentioning that. How can I do it?

Greetings,

	Holger