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<title>Introduction</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="appendixa"?>
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-<para>This appendix describes the following aspects of every package
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-that is installed in this book:</para>
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+<para>In this appendix the following aspects of every package
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+installed in this book are described:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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-<listitem><para>The official download location for the
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-package.</para></listitem>
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+<listitem><para>the official download location for the
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+package,</para></listitem>
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-<listitem><para>What the package contains.</para></listitem>
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+<listitem><para>what the package contains,</para></listitem>
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-<listitem><para>What each program from a package does.</para></listitem>
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+<listitem><para>what each program from the package does,</para></listitem>
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-<listitem><para>What each package needs to compile.</para></listitem>
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+<listitem><para>what the package needs to be compiled.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Most information about these packages (especially the descriptions of
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-them) come from the man pages from those packages. We are not going to print
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-the entire man page, just the core elements to make it possible to
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-understand what a program does. To get knowledge of all details on a program,
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-we suggest you start by reading the complete man page in addition to
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-this appendix.</para>
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+them) come from the man pages of those packages. We do not include
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+the entire man page, but just some key elements to make it possible to
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+understand what a program does. To get information on all details of a program,
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+please refer to its man page or info page.</para>
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<para>Certain packages are documented in more depth
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than others, because we just happen to know more about certain
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-packages than I know about others. If anything should be added to the
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+packages than about others. If you think anything should be added to the
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following descriptions, please don't hesitate to email the mailing
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lists. We intend that the list should contain an in-depth description
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of every package installed, but we can't do it without help.</para>
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@@ -45,12 +44,11 @@ what programs are needed to use that packages programs. Just the ones
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needed to compile it.</para>
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<para>The dependency list can be, from time to time, outdated in regards
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-to the current used package version. Checking dependencies takes quite a
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+to the currently used package version. Checking dependencies takes quite a
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bit of work, so they may lag behind a bit on the package update. But
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often with minor package updates, the installation dependencies hardly
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-change, so they'll be current in most cases. If we upgrade to a major
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-new release, we'll make sure the dependencies are checked too at the
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-same time.</para>
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+change, so they'll be current in most cases. When we upgrade to a major
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+new release, we'll make sure the dependencies are checked too.</para>
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</sect1>
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