On 24/07/2017 16:24, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
I am not sure what the difference between recommend and require is in practice.
Could you expand on that?
Ubuntu way, AFAIK:
-) Depends means LyX would be totally broken without them, e.g., you wouldn't be able to
launch LyX, thus there's no way to install LyX without its dependencies, unless you're an
advanced user, you know what you're doing, you like to use the command-line and the
"--force" flags, ignoring any warning you get about things that may get broken
afterwards
-) Recommends means the average user probably needs this as well, so it's also
pulled in by default, unless the user explicitly decides to skip them
(command-line with --no-install-recommends, probably there are similar options
in some GUI tool)
-) Suggests means if you like to have a complete installation with all possible
features, then install these as well (command-line with --install-suggests, or
likely using some GUI tool)
T.
