Since severals good answers have already been given, let me give you a couple of references instead...
For apt-get and aptitude, I suggest you read (and bookmark for future reference): http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude If you already know your way around another distribution, this could also help: http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=package-management it's a table comparing the different package-manager in several Linux distributions... Good luck David Montminy Denny Stamos wrote: > Hi all, > > I dont often ask for help so I hope someone can help me out here, im not > sure how to go about this. > > I have a Joomla module that needs cURL php extension (libcurl). Now > there are a bunch of dependencies and I would like to know how I go > about installing > them using apt-get. > > My box is a Debian 5.0 Lenny. Ive done a apt-get upgrade, so i am updated > > Here is the page to the package and its > dependencies. http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libcurl3 > > how do I go about installing all those dependencies ? > Can I do it with apt-get ? > Is there some kind of core package that i can install via apt-get that > will include all dependencies? > Or do I have to get each package and install manually with dpkg ? > > > thanks! > > Denny > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
