* Lukas Ruf (ruf@rawip.org) [030217 23:16]: > Is there any way to get rid of package dependencies? The reason for > this question: I have been using VIM ever since I am using Linux -- > and do not want to have emacs installed at all. However, packets like > cxref have the idea they would depend on emacs -- but cxref, as an > example, can be used without emacs too, can't it? > > Thanks for any enlightenment. You can use the equivs package to create dummy packages to satisfy dependencies, rather than editing the dependent package to remove the dependency. This will work out much more conveinently for you than trying to edit and keep current all installed packages that depend upon emacs; just make and install an emacs dummy package. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "As we enjoy great advantages from inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." --Benjamin Franklin
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