Le Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:03:18PM -0700, Steven Hill a écrit : > I have been reading the literature on debian packages, and I am trying > to figure out how to tell the package installer to automatically use > "apt-get install" to satisfy a dependency at installation time - is > there any way to do that? As far as I can see, the only effect of the > "Depends" section in the control file is to cause the installer to check > to see if the dependency is satisfied, and if not, abort the > installation and tell the user of the unsatisfied dependency.
Dear Steven, Are you sure that the dependancy you want to install is available through your /etc/apt/sources.list file? The default behaviour of apt-get is to install packages listed in the "Depends" field if they are not installed yet. I had a similar problem some time ago, then I figured out that I was trying to install a "contrib" package without having "non-free" available. But I had an error message. Can you paste the output of your invocation of apt-get? Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
