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Re: question about installing everything



Pat wrote:
> I know this may sound a little ridiculous to some, but I have been using
> Debian for several years now and was thinking about installing everything
> on a computer to experiment on etc.

Debian has tens of thousands of packages, many of which conflict (multiple
MTAs, for example).  "Installing everything" is neither possible nor
desireable.  Why would you want to, with the entire archive just an
'aptitude install packagename' away?
-- 
John Hasler



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