retitle 299678 aptitude: support installing build-dependencies from curses/gtk interface quit
> One very helpful improvement to aptitude would be if it would handle > browsing/installing source packages from deb-src sources. > > When pointing at the regular debian repositories, this isn't always > necessary, since every source package should be already compiled > (although, this isn't necessarily the case--the amd64 port, for > instance, since it not all packages are currently build). However, > this is very useful for 3rd-party repositories, where being able to > browse/download/install source packages and their build-deps from > within aptitude's GUI would be a very useful feature. Just tidying this up as it is (at least) 4 separate requests. Please correct me if I have misinterpreted any of these. 1. Browse source packages A new grouping policy [1] has been added in 0.6.4-1 which enables browsing sources in the package view: # with grouping policy `source,status' ... --\ eggdrop (2) --- Not Installed packages (2) --\ eglibc (17) --\ Upgradable Packages (6) i libc-bin i libc-dev-bin i libc6 i libc6-dev i locales i multiarch-support --- Not Installed Packages (11) ... 2. Download source packages Not implemented in aptitude but suggested elsewhere [2, 3]. 3. Install build-dependencies of packages - command-line action [4] was added in 0.4.11-1 - the curses interface does not support this yet 4. Build source packages Not implemented _by aptitude_ but suggested elsewhere [5]. See also: apt-build - frontend to apt to build, optimize and install packages. * Summary The only remaining feature suggested here which is not either already implemented or covered elsewhere is installing build-dep from the curses interface. Retitled. [1] Bug 497206 -- aptitude: Groups packages by Source package [2] Bug 403372 -- To include option for download the source archives [3] Bug 468897 -- aptitude: implement source action from apt [4] Bug 243317 -- Implement "aptitude build-dep <source-pkg>" [5] Bug 403289 -- add shortcut to compile a software -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
