Re: Is it a bug: huge dependency problems of php5 and ikiwiki

[Xan <dxpublica@telefonica.net>]

En/na Andrew Sackville-West ha escrit:
> look at apt-cache show php5, you will see that it is a meta package
> that depends on the following:
>
> ...
> Depends: libapache2-mod-php5 (>= 5.2.0-8+etch13) | libapache-mod-php5
> (>= 5.2.0-8+etch13) | php5-cgi (>= 5.2.0-8+etch13), php5-common (>=
> 5.2.0-8+etch13)
> ...
>
>
> The '|' means 'or'. apt-get is just pulling in the first one on the
> list which then forces an install of apache. Simply install php5-cgi
> at the same time (or before) php5 and you should be fine. 
>   

Thanks, Andrew. Now I understand. I have to install any of the packages 
with php5 depends for.


> [
>   
> > Really it's a huge dependencies. ikiwiki it's just a wiki written in  
> > perl. I understand that need some libraries, but why it needs cpp,  
> > openssl or subversion for example?. Actually the use of RCS in ikiwiki  
> > is optional.
> >     
>
> I can't speak to this, but again, read the contents of apt-cache show
> ikiwiki. It has pretty significant dependencies including a
> c-compiler, for what purpose, I don't know, though I use ikiwiki
> myself. I *believe*, without actually researching it, that it is
> compiling the perl scripts. Also, subversion (and the other RCS's
> listed) are Recommended. You must have an option set somewhere to
> force installation of Recommend. man apt-get et al for details.
>
> hth
>
> A
>   
Maybe other person could enlight us.... really c-compiler or subversion 
are needed?

$ apt-cache show ikiwiki
Package: ikiwiki
Priority: optional
Section: web
Installed-Size: 5880
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 2.53.3
Replaces: ikiwiki-plugin-table
Provides: ikiwiki-plugin-table
Depends: perl (>= 5.6.0-16), markdown | libtext-markdown-perl, 
libhtml-scrubber-perl, libhtml-template-perl, libhtml-parser-perl, 
liburi-perl
Recommends: gcc | c-compiler, libc6-dev | libc-dev, subversion | 
git-core (>= 1:1.5.0) | tla | bzr (>= 0.91) | mercurial | monotone (>= 
0.38), libxml-simple-perl, libnet-openid-consumer-perl, 
liblwpx-paranoidagent-perl, libtimedate-perl, libcgi-formbuilder-perl 
(>= 3.05), libcgi-session-perl (>= 4.14-1), libmail-sendmail-perl, 
libauthen-passphrase-perl
Suggests: viewvc | gitweb | viewcvs, libsearch-xapian-perl, xapian-omega 
(>= 1.0.5), librpc-xml-perl, libtext-wikiformat-perl, python, 
python-docutils, polygen, tidy, libxml-feed-perl, libmailtools-perl, 
perlmagick, libfile-mimeinfo-perl, libcrypt-ssleay-perl, 
liblocale-gettext-perl (>= 1.05-1), libtext-typography-perl, 
libtext-csv-perl, libdigest-sha1-perl, graphviz, libnet-amazon-s3-perl
Conflicts: ikiwiki-plugin-table
Filename: pool/main/i/ikiwiki/ikiwiki_2.53.3_all.deb
Size: 917156


So only depends on:
perl (>= 5.6.0-16), markdown | libtext-markdown-perl, 
libhtml-scrubber-perl, libhtml-template-perl, libhtml-parser-perl, 
liburi-perl

so why subversion and gcc are installed?

Xan.