Re: Help With Dependencies

[Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com>]

Nate Duehr wrote:
> On Oct 29, 2007, at 5:30 PM, Jeff Grossman wrote:
>
> > I want to install Mercurial.  If I use aptitude install mercurial I 
> > get the following:
> >
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > dbus dbus-x11 esound-clients esound-common fam fontconfig
> > hicolor-icon-theme jackd kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdiff3 libakode2
> > libart-2.0-2 libarts1-akode libarts1c2a libartsc0 libasound2 libaudio2
> > libaudiofile0 libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3
> > libavahi-qt3-1 libavc1394-0 libdbus-1-3 libdrm2 libesd0 libfam0 libflac8
> > libfreebob0 libfs6 libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa libice6 libiec61883-0
> > libjack0 libjasper1 liblcms1 liblua50 liblualib50 libmad0 libmng1 
> > libogg0
> > libopenexr2ldbl libqt3-mt libraw1394-8 libsamplerate0 libsm6 libsndfile1
> > libspeex1 libtiff4 libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 libvorbisfile3 libxaw7
> > libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1
> > libxkbfile1 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxslt1.1 libxss1
> > libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86vm1 menu menu-xdg
> > mercurial portmap python python-minimal python-support python2.4
> > python2.4-minimal python2.5 python2.5-minimal qjackctl xbase-clients
> >
> > But, if I use apt-get install mercurial I get:
> >
> >
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > mercurial python python-minimal python-support python2.4 
> > python2.4-minimal
> > python2.5 python2.5-minimal
> >
> >
> > How come such a difference?  I don't want to install all of that 
> > other stuff.  I just want to install mercurial and what is required 
> > to run that program.
>
>
> I think what you're seeing is that apt-get and aptitude handle the 
> "Suggests: " and "Recommended: " directives differently.
>
> You can change that behavior in the aptitude menus, I believe, if you 
> feel like it.
>
> Also, are you sure that aptitude isn't completing some earlier 
> installations done outside of aptitude?
>
> What happens in aptitude's user interface if you just launch it 
> without asking it to install anything?  Does it still want to?
>
> Perhaps it is "catching up" on packages that are already installed and 
> their recommended siblings.
I removed the option to automatically install recommended packages and 
now aptitude behaves like apt-get.  Thanks for the suggestion.

BTW, there were no pending installs.  If I hit 'g' when I got into 
aptitude it said there was nothing to do.  Those were all recommended 
packages for the Mercurial install I guess.

Jeff