Re: iPod

[JoeHill <joehill@teksavvy.com>]

Daniel Burrows wrote: 

> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:43:33PM -0500, JoeHill <joehill@teksavvy.com> was
> heard to say:
> > I'm just not sure why I would have to install kdesktop, kicker, kamera, and
> > konqueror for an app that syncs with my iPod.  
> 
>   On lenny/unstable, blame amarok-konqsidebar:
> 
> daniel@emurlahn:~$ aptitude why amarok kicker
> p   amarok             Recommends amarok-konqsidebar
> p   amarok-konqsidebar Depends    konqueror (< 4:3.90.0)
> i A konqueror          Depends    kcontrol (= 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6)
> i A kcontrol           Depends    kicker (>= 4:3.5.9)
> daniel@emurlahn:~$ aptitude why amarok kdesktop
> p   amarok             Recommends amarok-konqsidebar
> p   amarok-konqsidebar Depends    konqueror (< 4:3.90.0)
> i A konqueror          Depends    kdesktop (= 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6)
> daniel@emurlahn:~$ aptitude why amarok kamera
> p   amarok              Recommends amarok-konqsidebar
> p   amarok-konqsidebar  Depends    konqueror (< 4:3.90.0)
> i A konqueror           Depends    kdebase-kio-plugins (= 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6)
> i A kdebase-kio-plugins Recommends kamera
> 
>   If you cancel installing that package (which you don't need unless you
> run konqueror), you should be able to avoid installing all those KDE
> packages.

Those are some really awesome tips, I did not know about the 'why' option for
aptitude (kinda really really new to Debian).

Cheers!

-- 
J