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-<sect1 id="aa-intro">
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-<title>Introduction</title>
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-<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="appendixa"?>
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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>what the package contains,</para></listitem>
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-<listitem><para>what each program from the package does,</para></listitem>
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-<listitem><para>what the package needs to be compiled.</para></listitem>
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-<para>Most information about these packages (especially the descriptions of
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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 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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-
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-<para>Please note that currently only what a package does is described and not
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-why it needs to be installed. This may be added later.</para>
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-<para>Also listed are all of the installation dependencies for all the
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-packages that are installed in this book. The listings will include
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-which programs from which packages are needed to successfully compile
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-the package to be installed.</para>
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-<para>These are not running dependencies, meaning they don't tell you
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-what programs are needed to use that package's 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 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. 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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