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Re: APT recommendations/suggestions not obvious



On 08/09/08 15:40, Shachar Or wrote:
Hi.

why doesn't aptitude show me for what purpose a package reccomends or suggests another?

I'd very much like that because sometimes, perhaps many times, I can't guess it and even if I can guess it, how do I know?

I find that many times README.Debian doesn't mention those things.

Any thoughts about this?

At times like this, I just flip to another open xterm and do "apt-cache show".

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Scientists are people, too.  IOW, they also "crave power, money,
respect, and influence, and they also fear for their jobs. Each
can be a healthy motivator, but each has the ability to turn a
good scientist into a bad one; and in some cases, they can turn
a good scientist into a charlatan."
http://thefutureofthings.com/book/3/the-bomb-that-never-was.html


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