On 01 Jul 2011, at 18:41, Rainer Stratmann wrote: > Am Friday 01 July 2011 17:54:25 schrieb Jonas Maebe: >> On 01 Jul 2011, at 17:51, Rainer Stratmann wrote: >>> I installed KDE Desktop. May be then the lib libgtk2.0-dev was not >>> installed by the debian installer. >> >> -dev packages are almost never installed by default, because they are only >> required when compiling programs that link against these libraries. Most >> people don't compile software. > > Isn't it possible to install the stuff without these dependencies and then > put > later an error if these libs/units are used?
Yes, that is possible, but that is not Debian's policy (their policy is: if it installs, it should be fully functional). If you disagree with Debian's policy, either discuss it with them, or use a different Linux distribution. Jonas_______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
