Holger writes: > I don't quite understand the difference between "Dependency" and > "Recommendation", two terms that commonly occur when talking about > Debian's packet management system.
'Depends' means that the package will not work without it. 'Recommends' means that the package maintainer recommends it, but the package will work without it. > I think both have the same result: the packet (usually, unless explicitly > overridden) gets installed. No. dpkg (which is what actually installs packages regardless of the front-end) will not install packages with unsatisfied dependencies unless you use '--force-depends'. It ignores 'Recommends' (as does apt). dselect gets rather insistent about 'Recommends', but its insistence can be overridden. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin
