Re: How do you process package dependencies?
On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 14:55, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 08:51:25AM -0400, alex wrote:
> | 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.
>
> The answer to that is
> apt-get update
> apt-get install <foo>
>
> | How would it done if there wasn't something like apt to do it for
> | you and you had to do it yourself?
>
> Well, that is _almost_ like asking how to install an 'rpm' package on
> RH without having the 'rpm' program around. Almost.
>
> On debian, 'dpkg -i' works like 'rpm -i' or 'rpm -U' on RH. You can
> tell dpkg to install a certain package, and it will complain if the
> dependencies aren't met. Then you go back to
> http://packages.debian.org and download the deps and install them.
> Repeat as necessary (as you would for an rpm-based system).
But, then, that aggravating, manual process is the main reason why
I fled Mandrake...
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