Re: Setting up a new Debian system. X and Gnome, no KDE
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:45:04AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> This time I'd like to install base system, X-windows, and Gnome,
> but *not* KDE. It seems to me that using dselect to select just
> a few gnome packages should pull in all the packages that I need.
> What is the minimal set of packages to select to get it all by
> way of dependencies?
A virtual package 'gnome' exists on sid to install gnome - however I am
not sure (nor sure how to be!) whether this package exists in woody.
There is also a similar package x-window-system for that requirement.
I'd recommend using aptitude if possible rather than dselect.
> Second, more general question: the dependency links in debian
> form a directed graph. Presumably, it is acyclic. That implies
> that the graph contains root, interior and leaf nodes. Is their
> some program which displays just the root nodes? It would be
> useful answering my first question.
I'm not sure but it would be a quick job in perl, if it hasn't been done
(and packaged) already.
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Jon Dowland
http://jon.dowland.name/
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