Re: VNC install--possible dependency error?
On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 09:44:47PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 10:37:19PM -0400, Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com> was heard to say:
> > Here's a transcript:
> >
> > NewPicking:/home/carlf# apt-get install vnc4server xvnc4viewer vnc-java xtightvncviewer
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > The following extra packages will be installed:
> > vnc4-common
> > Suggested packages:
> > vncserver tightvncserver
> >
> > I'm installing vnc4server explicitly. Why is Debian recommending that I
> > install two other VNC servers as well?
>
> xtightvncviewer suggests tightvncserver, and vnc-java suggests
> vncserver.
But isn't that a mistake? Why would it make sense to install multiple VNC
servers? Shouldn't there be a pseudo-package (I think that's the right
term) that is supplied by any of the VNC servers?
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