On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 12:07:44AM +0200, Daniel Hahler wrote: > The apt-key program in the apt package requires wget, > but this is not listed in the package dependencies for apt. > $ sudo /usr/bin/apt-key net-update > /usr/bin/apt-key: 168: wget: not found > -------- > > The wget command is used on line 65 of apt-key to download a new keyring. > > The simplest thing would be to add wget to the dependencies of apt, > but this may not be the best solution as it would require wget to be > installed on all Ubuntu machines. This solution may not be desirable > because local sysadmin policy may not want an unrestricted HTTP client > to be installed (eg bastion host). > Just adding a 'Recommends: wget' to the apt package should be sufficient, as it is only needed for apt-key network functionality. And the next time, please wrap your lines to < 79 chars. In the current way, it's hard to read an quote something. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.
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