On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 05:05:12PM -0700, Brenden wrote: > On Sunday 20 June 2004 02:15 pm, Andreas Janssen wrote: > > Hello > > > > Brenden (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > I'm trying out KPackage and apt-get for the first time. > > > > > > One thing I'm missing is a way to get a list of installed packages. > > > Is this available someplace from either tool? > > > > dpkg --get-selections > > dpkg -L > > aptitude (if it is installed) > > > > > The second thing is how do I get dependencies to install? I tried > > > installing package apache but it told me apache-common was needed and > > > missing. > > > > If you use apt-get, it should be able to get the necessary packages > > automatically. Try > > > > apt-get install apache > > This doesn't install apache-common. It just says that apache-common is needed > but won't be installed, and quits. > > Hi B, if apt-get or aptitude says it cant do something, it means that there is some thing preventing it: 1) the 'sources.list' does not contain all the required dependencies 2) the needed packages are not in your distribution if you use apt-get, its jobs is to find the dependencies and install them. -Kev
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