Am Friday 01 July 2011 18:57:49 schrieb Jonas Maebe: > 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.
I am always surprised how suggestions in the direction of easy install and userfriendlyness are choked because of that and that reason. > > Jonas_______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
