On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:51 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> On 10/23/07, Herbert Graf <mailinglist3@farcite.net> wrote:
> > I recently went through dependency hell on Ubuntu trying to install a C
> > graphics library. Fortunately my extensive experience with pre YUM
> > redhat helped me figure things out.
> >
> 
> If you build from source for this library, will the situation be better?

I wasn't able to find a .deb for the library, so yes, I was installing
from source, which resulted in the dependancy hell.

Now that I know WHAT I need I'd be able to redo it very quickly, it's
finding out WHAT packages one needs (and what those packages need, and
what those need, and so on) that is the REAL fun! :)

FWIW it was easier under Fedora since when I install with Fedora I just
tell it to install everything, reducing the chance of not having a
package needed.

TTYL

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