> > Isn't there a command line tool that lets you grab fields out of the
> > dpkg DB, so you could generate a list of packages that include (say)
> > kdelibs3 in the Depends: line... or does it only work with
> > /var/lib/dpkg/status and not available, or does apt's *cache.bin need
> > to get invol
> Too bad there is no task-kdebase, task-kdemultimedia...
> (runs for cover ;)
grrr. Be my guest and package them. Anyone is more that able to create
new packages for Debian and take the heat from other developers for helping
implement more and more cruft.
> Isn't there a command line tool tha
Too bad there is no task-kdebase, task-kdemultimedia...
(runs for cover ;)
Isn't there a command line tool that lets you grab fields out of the
dpkg DB, so you could generate a list of packages that include (say)
kdelibs3 in the Depends: line... or does it only work with
/var/lib/dpkg/status and n
> > From: Ivan E. Moore II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:01 PM
> > To: debian-kde@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: task-kde only marginally useful
> >
> >
> > > I have a question related to this topic. What packages
I know. So what packages do I need to install to have something similar
to a full KDE install.
Thanks,
Francis
> -Original Message-
> From: Ivan E. Moore II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:01 PM
> To: debian-kde@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re
> I have a question related to this topic. What packages should I install
> in order to have the full install of KDE if I don't want to use
> task-kde.
there is no all inclusive KDE package.
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> To: Ivan E. Moore II
> Cc: debian-kde@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: task-kde only marginally useful
>
>
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> <...>
> > The task packages are a poor hack to solve a problem. They
> don't work
> > pr
> > The task packages are a poor hack to solve a problem. They don't work
> > properly and are a big waste of space. the Packages file is big enough as
> > it is then to add versions to every package that task-kde depends on?
>
> I would not notice another K or two (hundred, even).
*you* would
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
<...>
> The task packages are a poor hack to solve a problem. They don't work
> properly and are a big waste of space. the Packages file is big enough as
> it is then to add versions to every package that task-kde depends on?
I would not notice anothe
> > > > > Shouldn't trying to install task-kde upgrade everything the task
> > > > > depends on to the most recent versions?
> > > >
> > > > no. It is meant as a installation tool not a upgrade tool.
> > >
> > > Hmmm, no easy way to have the task depend on the most recent versions
> > > of its com
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 12:11:48PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> > <...>
> > > > Shouldn't trying to install task-kde upgrade everything the task
> > > > depends on to the most recent versions?
> > >
> > > no
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 12:11:48PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> <...>
> > > Shouldn't trying to install task-kde upgrade everything the task
> > > depends on to the most recent versions?
> >
> > no. It is meant as a installation tool not a upgrade tool.
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
<...>
> > Shouldn't trying to install task-kde upgrade everything the task
> > depends on to the most recent versions?
>
> no. It is meant as a installation tool not a upgrade tool.
Hmmm, no easy way to have the task depend on the most recent versions
o
> The reason I am claiming task-kde is only marginally useful is becuse
> doing "apt-get install task-kde" only got me task-kde... following up
> with "...install kdelibs3" got me 6 more new pkgs, "...install
> kdebase" got me another 7 packages... It looks like I need to
> manually try to upgrade
small error...
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Bruce Sass wrote:
> p.s. - I'm going from 4:2.1.1-2 to 4:2.1.1-3
The downloading was incomplete when I wrote that, I still had
4:2.1.0.1-5 kdebase related packages on the system.
The only way to keep an up-to-date kde (without upgrading the whole
system) is to
[testing/unstable]
The reason I am claiming task-kde is only marginally useful is becuse
doing "apt-get install task-kde" only got me task-kde... following up
with "...install kdelibs3" got me 6 more new pkgs, "...install
kdebase" got me another 7 packages... It looks like I need to
manually try
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