[ILUG-BOM] We don't need no dependencies

[Pankaj Jangid]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Nikhil Joshi wrote:

> The dependency stuff in Linux is really frustrating . I mean when I 
> download some new software and try to install it , it shows some 
> dependency problems. To give you an example recently I downloaded a 
> a mail client called mahogany which had 2 dependencies. Now I downloaded
> the reqd package to solve it. To my surprise that package had 5 unsolved
> dependencies !
> 
> I gave up the idea thinking that I would be running around in circles.
> I had same nightmarish experience when I tried to upgrade rpm 3 to rpm 4
> Is there some distribution available which gets over this problem ? 
> Linux is so well organized in other ways then why this irrational 
> dependency thing . Why can't developers make standalone software ?
> 
These kinds of problems are automaticaly taken care of in debian
distro. The 'apt' tool is very intelligent.

Regards
pankaj