green wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote at 2013-09-26 12:55 -0500:I think a couple of meta-packages could be convenient for a personal project.You need the equivs package. Then make a file called mymetapackage.ctl: ``` Package: mymetapackage Section: misc Description: metapackage for my project Dummy meta-package generated by equivs. Depends: build-essential, cmake, git ``` Then run `equivs-build mymetapackage.ctl` and your metapackage is ready to be installed.
Thank you. I partially understand the answer but searching using "equivs" as keyword is proving illuminating.