Re: [LUNI] apt-get and recommended packages

From: Jason Helfman (madhatter@telocity.com)
Date: Fri Mar 23 2001 - 11:12:48 CST

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    Apt-get works to resolve this issue. It should take down required, but
    not necessarily recommended packages.

    Try the apt fuction of, apt-cache

    apt-cache search libcurses

    This will return what you need.

    apt-cache searches the online/cdrom db of indexed packages available.

    On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:32:42AM -0800, chamster thus spat:
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    | On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Stephen Boulet wrote:
    | > Looking at the debian package listing web page, I see that it is a
    | > recommended package for kernel-source, but not required. Is there
    | > any way to apt-get recommended packages when downloading a package
    | > you want?
    |
    | I've been wondering about this also. It's one of the things that I miss
    | from dselect. It would automatically tell you of any recommended
    | packages as soon as you selected a particular package and allow you to
    | select them right away.
    |
    | Steve
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