On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:33:23PM -0500, Michael B Allen wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 05:42:01AM -0500, Michael B Allen wrote: > >> I baulk at the idea of installing 7.5MB of X libraries just for The > >> Webalizer. > > > > Obviously not just for webalizer, since I believe I've seen you asking > > about other packages that indirectly depend on xlibs. > > Yeah, apt-get install slapd want's X (not just the libs -- the whole > enchalada). That's obviously just a depenancy error :(
I wasn't at all convinced about that but didn't have time to investigate. It actually looked like you already had something brokenly installed that depended on X, and apt-get was taking the opportunity to fix it up, independently of slapd. > > I suggest getting used to using 'apt-cache show <package>' and reading > > Depends: lines to work out where dependencies come from. Good package > > management frontends (i.e. not apt-get) should be able to tell you, too; > > even the venerable dselect can do this, so I'd imagine aptitude can as > > well. > > I know about apt-cache show. But I'll look into dselect. I think > aptitude is a GUI so I don't think that applies to me. aptitude is usable in the same environments as dselect. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]