Re: How do you process package dependencies?

["alex" <radsky@ncia.net>]

Thanks, Derek and Osamu,   good info.

I must have phrased my questions poorly.  What I was really asking for
was an explanation of the mechanics of installing a package and its
related packages and where to put them.   How would it done if there
wasn't something like apt to do it for you and you had to do it
yourself?   (Sort of like not having someone around to solve a
mathematical problem for you.).

I can't seem to find the answer on the web .
alex



----- Original Message -----
From: "alex" <radsky@ncia.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 7:48 PM
Subject: How do you process package dependencies?


> Could someone explain package dependencies?   Please follow the
> path below
>
> For a list of Debian Sofware packages
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/
>
> Select  Editors (in Administration)
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/
>
> Let's chose the editor named vim.
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/editors/vim.html
> This shows other packages related to vim.
>
> libc6, libgpmg1, libncurses5, dpkg, vim-rt, exuberant-ctags
>
> I presume that vim's proper operation depends these packages
> being present in the system.
>
> 1.  will these dependency packages be automatically installed
>       when you download and install vim or is it necessary to download
>       and install these packages individually before installing vim?
> Or, does it make
>       no difference which you install first?
>
> 2.  how do you determine where in the directory system vim
>       should be installed and where the dependency packages should be
>       installed?
>
> In summary, how and where do you install vim?
>
>
> (Yes, I know that vim installs during the installation of Debian.   I
> just picked
> it as an example of how to install a package that has dependencies)
>
>
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