On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:45:04AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > This time I'd like to install base system, X-windows, and Gnome, > but *not* KDE. It seems to me that using dselect to select just > a few gnome packages should pull in all the packages that I need. > What is the minimal set of packages to select to get it all by > way of dependencies?
A virtual package 'gnome' exists on sid to install gnome - however I am not sure (nor sure how to be!) whether this package exists in woody. There is also a similar package x-window-system for that requirement. I'd recommend using aptitude if possible rather than dselect. > Second, more general question: the dependency links in debian > form a directed graph. Presumably, it is acyclic. That implies > that the graph contains root, interior and leaf nodes. Is their > some program which displays just the root nodes? It would be > useful answering my first question. I'm not sure but it would be a quick job in perl, if it hasn't been done (and packaged) already. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
