On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Declan Moriarty wrote:
> c) Has anyone a handy process for scanning the book for items with no
> dependencies?
No, but here is my method to build a package without missing the required
and desired optional dependancies :
1. Open a browser and clear the history. All links will be marked as not
visited.
2. Open the BLFS book and click on the package you want to install.
3. If there is any unvisited link to a required dependency or an optional
dependency you want to install, click on it and restart point 3.
4. If there is no more unvisited links to required or desired optional
dependencies, install the package (or check if the package is already
installed if this is not a new BLFS build). Once installed, click the back
button of the browser. As long as you are not back to the BLFS TOC, go to
point 3.
5. Done.
Of course, this method fails if there is circular dependencies, but AFAIR
there are very few in the BLFS book (the only one I have noticed is
Gimp-print -> ESP Ghost-script -> Gimp-print).
Also must be said : this method is based on the _very_ good work done by
the BLFS team... Many thanks to them !
HTH
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