On 08/09/08 17:05, Shachar Or wrote:
On Sunday 10 August 2008 00:58, Ron Johnson wrote: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".What information does that print that I don't already know from aptitude?
I think I might have misread your post. Anyway, seeing the Recommended's full description just helps me deduce why it would be recommended.
TTBOMK, neither apt/aptitude/synaptics stores explicit "this is why package A is recommended" data. If it did, I'd immediately convert to that app.
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