From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gsazflgm01.wr.usgs.gov ([130.118.164.152]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IGNRZ-0005J0-00 for ; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:17:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070801225246.30252.73895@biff.serotek.com> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: apt-get issues in debian etch and gentoo question MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.3 September 14, 2004 From: Sean M McMahon Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:16:55 -0700 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on gsazflgm01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.5|November 30, 2005) at 08/01/2007 04:17:28 PM, Serialize complete at 08/01/2007 04:17:28 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" 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 23:17:30 -0000 Unless they've severely changed things in debian 4, apt-get install, or now the recommended way, aptitude install will install a package + dependencies. Of course if you already have these dependencies, apt won't install them. A command like aptitude install --with-recommends --with-suggests should install a package, its dependencies, recommended packages and suggested packages. Honestly however, when I attempted to upgrade by using --with-recommends, apt told me which packages were recommended but didn't install them. You don't necessarily need every recommended or suggested package. Look at the package description to see if you want it. If you want to have a package but built it from source, You should have a look at apt-build. There was an interesting article in the debian news which contained this topic. speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca wrote on 08/01/2007 03:52:46 PM: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup