From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from biff.serotek.com ([64.34.180.81]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IGN3k-0004sd-00 for ; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:52:52 -0400 Received: (qmail 30263 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2007 22:52:46 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO biff.serotek.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 1 Aug 2007 22:52:46 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" From: Nick Gawronski To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: apt-get issues in debian etch and gentoo question Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:52:46 -0400 Message-ID: <20070801225246.30252.73895@biff.serotek.com> X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:52:52 -0000 Hi, I am currently running debian etch and am reading the posts on gentoo dropping speakup. Gentoo really sounds like a good version as it is almost compiled entirely from source. Is there any way like in debian to install gentoo and use a speakup modified 2.6.21.6 kernel with a dectalk express as that is what I have? The issue I am having with debian etch is that when I run apt-get install build-essential to install the programs like gcc and other building programs a lot of package names come up as rec amended and suggested packages. What I want apt-get to do is install all of these packages with out telling me about them. Of course I want to install the documentation or if I do apt-get libc6-dev it tells me libc6-dev depends on libc6 but it is not going to be installed. Really I don't think that is good package management and should be looked into. What can I put in a file in the apt.conf.d directory to tell apt to still prompt me but select the suggested and rec amended packages when I want to install a package and install dependencies for me? -- My web page is http://www.nickgawronski.com Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere.