apt-get
- Posted by Jerry Story <story.jerry at gmail.com> Mar 08, 2007
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This is what the Ubuntu apt-get does: [quote] # apt-get install mozilla Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libnss3 mozilla-mailnews mozilla-psm Suggested packages: mozilla-chatzilla Recommended packages: myspell-en-us myspell-dictionary The following NEW packages will be installed: libnss3 mozilla mozilla-mailnews mozilla-psm 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 2658kB of archives. After unpacking 7991kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] [end quote] apt-get finds on the internet the latest version of the package to be installed and finds all the dependencies and puts it in the menu. You don't need to do much. Just watch in amazement. Maybe some day: # apt-get install wxEuphoria Then it would install Euphoria and wxeu.so and all that and then there would be no more problems with Ubuntu and Debian. Ubuntu also seems to regularly check for updates of everything. apt-get has a cool wrapper: Synaptic Package Manager