About package managers and depends & suggests

[Larry Alkoff]

Larry Alkoff wrote:
> Using Feisty Fawn Kubuntu.
> 
> I use the following package managers:
>    apt-get		to install packages
>    aptitude -vv show	to check about an uninstalled package
>    synaptic		when I want a gui - infrequent
>    adept			don't use it because of unreliability.
> 
> Which of the above automatically installs depends and suggests?
> Which do not or require some command line options?
> 
> I've read the man pages but do not clearly understand how depends and 
> suggests are handled.
> 
> Normally I just 'apt-get install' but gnumeric seems a lot more 
> complicated than most and I'm nervous about hurting my nicely 
> functioning system.

I ask this because I have read that some package managers differ in 
their handling of depends, suggests and conflicts.

Larry


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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
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