Re: OO Help missing

[Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@mindspring.com>]

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Paul Scott wrote:

:Carl Fink wrote:
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:>On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 04:29:42PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
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:>> <>On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Carl Fink wrote:
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:>>:You have to install the help package separately.
:>>
:>>That seems a little counter-intuitive until I remember that help is
:>>locale-specific.
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:>If you (like me) install with "apt-get install", you tend to miss the
:>suggested packages.  Which is to say, I did the same thing.
:>
:>
:Try aptitude.  (or synaptic if you prefer).  You will find it highly
:suggested on this list.

I use aptitude.  But "suggested" packages are a layer away from where I
usually interact with it.  OO really should require, not merely suggest,
some form of help, maybe some sort of dummy package which invites you to
select the appropriate help for your locale ... as Carl suggested.

Patrick