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<title>About dependencies</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="aboutdependencies.html" dir="chapter02"?>
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+<!-- Leave this file in the repo until we figure out finally what to do with
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+dependencies -->
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<para>There are a few ways to compile a list of a package's installation
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dependencies. What we consider the best way is using the
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<command>strace</command> program available at <ulink
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requirement for an accurate list.</para>
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<para>This book is not so verbose as to list exactly which program from which
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-package is required for a successfull installation (we used to, but it had
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+package is required for a successful installation (we used to, but it had
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become too much work to maintain it). The book will contain simply the
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names of packages you need to have installed. If you need the verbosity
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in the form of "package a needs file b and c from package d", have a look
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Greg Schafer