Dependencies

Michael Havens plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:54:21 -0700


Well really I just need my video card (GeForce 256) to work properly and =
they=20
only had tar balls available to download. Does anyone have any bright ide=
as?
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:-)~Mike~(-:

On Monday 03 February 2003 09:16 pm, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 21:05, Michael Havens wrote:
> > How do I determine unsatisfied dependencies of a tar ball with a list=
 of
> > dependencies?
>
> Depends.
>
> You either download tar/balls of the dependencies and compile them and
> their dependencies or you go install the packages for the dependencies
> for the distribution you are using.
>
> That said, unless you are doing development on something or need some
> wierd configurations (or just love optimizing things), I suggest using
> packages instead of tar balls, or of course if you just demand compilin=
g
> everything use Gentoo or BSD Ports which support the equivalent of tar
> ball packaging. ;)
>
> my 2 cents