How do i get around downloading 10000 thing just to install one application ?

simonvallore · 08-16-2004, 06:13 PM

i tried in stalling x chat and it made me install something else than that something else made me install something else so i gave up is there a way around this ?

win32sux · 08-16-2004, 06:22 PM

you need an automatic package management system...

what distro are you using??

Peacedog · 08-16-2004, 06:23 PM

hi simonvallore, welcome to lq. what distro are you running?

<edit> beat to the punch, but thinking along the same line.

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simonvallore · 08-16-2004, 06:25 PM

Im useing suse

Peacedog · 08-16-2004, 06:57 PM

i've never used suse, haven't had the pleasure of installing and configuring it on anything as of yet, however, reading these forums, and googling tells me that yast is the way to go w/suse for handling dependencies. have a look at this

http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/suse/...e/ch04s03.html

hope there is something there that will help you. maybe a suse guru will see this and offer more help.
good luck.

simonvallore · 08-16-2004, 07:12 PM

i have yast a nd its telling me i need all this shit

detpenguin · 08-17-2004, 12:01 AM

apt-get for suse is what you need. it handles all the dependencies and installs exactly what you need...find it here:

http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/

simonvallore · 08-17-2004, 10:45 AM

thank you but i also have to installl 1 million things just to install it

NumbSkullMD · 08-17-2004, 11:03 AM

Use this as an opportunity to learn how to install from tarballs and source. Each dependency you install gives you more opportunities to learn how the system works...at least, that's how I have come to see it

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