Re: Installing KDE didn't pull in all dependencies - A bug?
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On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 02:10:17AM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote:
> I installed Debian Sarge from my CDs and then did a dist-upgrade to Etch.
> I installed a very basic system with the required packages etc.
>
> Then came the time to install KDE (The GUI Interface I was dying for ;-) )
> But, apt-get install kde ..i thought would pull in all the dependencies
> related to KDE i.e. all the xorg packages with all the relevant stuff that
> will be required to run KDE.
>
> But this did not happen. The xfonts-base package was found to be missing and I
> was getting some relevant error, which was fixed once this package was
> installed. (Actually, I installed xwindow-system-core)
>
> So is it a bug that "apt-get install kde" didn't pull in this package by
> default?
>
> Regards,
Hi Amit,
No, its not a bug but a feature! You can instll xorg (the current X), by
using 'apt-get install xorg' which, just like 'kde', is a meta-packge
that makes things easier for users. I forget the exact reason, but it
has to do with the fact that kde and x dont have to be on the same
machine for kde to work, so that kde needs x but not necessarily
installed on YOUR machine, thus kde does not require x but suggests
x-window-system-core (a basic subset of the total x system), this can be
seen by doing 'apt-cache show kde' and look at the 'Suggests:' line.
Cheers,
Kev
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