You are right, this is the whole problem when installing individual
packages.
A way to overcoming this is downloading or consulting www.rusfus.com, select
the package and there you'll find what is provided, needed and the
changelog.
But the best way were of course installing as by the installation of the
distribution, there dependency problems are detected and resolved.
Eric
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Wackerbarth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 2:22 AM
> To: dcalford; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Distribution Style
>
>
> On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, dcalford wrote:
>
> > One of my biggest complaints is the fact that some single
> packages do not
> > include the whole package.
> >
> > What I mean by this is, I try to install Package A, then find I need
> > Package B, then find that Package B needs Package C.....
> >
> > I would prefer to install Program A wich has inside of it, all ...
>
> > Yes this will make each package much longer due to the
> redundant libraries
> > in each package
>
> Why is this better than a package loader which determines the
> dependancies and
> downloads all the missing files?
>
>
