On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 12:37:02PM -0500, Jim Crumley wrote:
> Well, vim, vim-gtk, etc. do recommend vimi-rt -
> /var/lib/dpkg/available :
>
> ...[snip]...
>
> Unfortunately, apt-get will only automatically try to install
> packages that are depended on, not those that are suggested or
> recommended. To get a look at what packages are suggested you have
> to use dselect (or possibly one of the apt front-end like gnome-apt
> or console-apt).
or use...
bash$ apt-cache depends vim
vim
Depends: libc6
Depends: libgpmg1
Depends: libncurses5
PreDepends: dpkg
Suggests: <ctags>
exuberant-ctags
elvis
Suggests: cscope
Recommends: vim-rt
Conflicts: vim-tiny
Conflicts: vim-perl
Conflicts: vim-python
Conflicts: vim-tcl
Conflicts: <vim-tty>
Conflicts: vim-gtk
Replaces: vim-rt
Replaces: vim-tiny
Replaces: vim-perl
Replaces: vim-python
Replaces: vim-tcl
Replaces: vim-gtk
And there you go. ;-) Don't have to manually parse the file. Don't
have to start some curses or graphical front end. Just type-n-go ;-)
Of course, you could write a wrapper script or perl module and to
prompt you for installation of each "Recommends" or "Suggests"
packages. ;-)
--
Chad "^chewie, gunnarr" Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net>
http://wookimus.net/chewie
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