> > I wanted to use dselect because it could show me dependencies and > suggestions, before it tried to install them. I grabbed a few packages > and it turned out they had some dependencies I did not expect. So I had > a half installed package left behind. Thought dselect might have helped > here. Is there a way to find this out ahead of time?
Yes, there is a way. dselect uses dpkg to find out about dependencies. With the dpkg --info <package.deb> command you will get a lot of info, among which a line starting with `Depends'. This line will tell you what the package depends on. Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
