Installing .deb packages with apt-get

Mario Vukelic mario.vukelic at dantian.org
Sun May 20 20:53:45 UTC 2007 

On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 22:51 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> So it looks like there is in fact a KDE package. Like said, it
> installed without asking for confirmation. 

Yeah, I had already corrected myself in the post you replied to. Sorry
for the initial misinformation.

Something however is weird in your case. "kde" depends on a whole bunch
of packages, which in turn have other dependencies:

apt-cache show kde
...
Depends: kde-core (>= 5:47), kde-amusements (>= 5:47), kdeaccessibility
(>= 4:3.4.3), kdeaddons (>= 4:3.4.3), kdeadmin (>= 4:3.4.3), kdeartwork
(>= 4:3.4.3), kdegraphics (>= 4:3.4.3), kdemultimedia (>= 4:3.4.3),
kdenetwork (>= 4:3.4.3), kdepim (>= 4:3.4.3), kdeutils (>= 4:3.4.3),
kdewebdev (>= 4:3.4.3)

Thus, trying to install the "kde" package (which one usually would not
do, as I have noted earlier), triggers installation of many more
packages, and on my Ubuntu machine (and every other I have seen through
the years, and Debian before that) apt-get asks what to do:

sudo apt-get install kde
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
  libgtkhtml3.8-19 linux-headers-2.6.20-9 libneon26
  vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-10
  vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-12 linux-headers-2.6.20-10-generic
  libwavpack0 libxcb1 linux-headers-2.6.20-10 libxcb-xlib0
  linux-headers-2.6.20-9-generic vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-9
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  akregator amor ark arts artsbuilder atlantik atlantikdesigner blinken
cvs
  dcoprss dirmngr edict eyesapplet fftw3 fifteenapplet gnupg-agent
gnupg2
  gpgsm indi juk kaboodle kaddressbook kaddressbook-plugins kalarm
kalzium
  kalzium-data kamera kanagram kandy kanjidic kappfinder karm kasteroids
kate
  kate-plugins katomic kaudiocreator kbackgammon kbattleship kblackbox
kbounce
  kbruch kbstate kcalc kcharselect kcoloredit kcontrol kcron kdat
  kde-amusements kde-core kdeaccessibility kdeaddons
kdeaddons-kfile-plugins
  kdeadmin kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdeartwork kdeartwork-emoticons
  kdeartwork-misc kdeartwork-style kdeartwork-theme-icon
  kdeartwork-theme-window kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-data
kdebase-kio-plugins
  kdeedu kdeedu-data kdegames kdegames-card-data kdegraphics
  kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelibs kdelirc kdemultimedia
  kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins
  kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork kdenetwork-kfile-plugins
kdepasswd
  kdepim kdepim-kfile-plugins kdepim-kio-plugins kdepim-kresources
  kdepim-wizards kdeprint kdesktop kdessh kdetoys kdeutils kdewallpapers
  kdewebdev kdf kdict kdnssd kdvi kedit keduca kenolaba kfax kfaxview
  kfilereplace kfind kfloppy kfouleggs kgamma kget kghostview
kgoldrunner kgpg
  khangman khelpcenter khexedit kicker kicker-applets kiconedit kig
  kimagemapeditor kitchensync kiten kjots kjumpingcube klaptopdaemon
klatin
  kleopatra klettres klettres-data klickety klines klinkstatus klipper
kmag
  kmahjongg kmail kmailcvt kmenuedit kmid kmilo kmines kmix kmoon
kmousetool
  kmouth kmplot kmrml knetwalk knetworkconf knewsticker knode knotes
kodo kolf
  kolourpaint kommander konq-plugins konqueror konqueror-nsplugins
konquest
  konsole konsolekalendar kontact kooka kopete korganizer korn kpackage
kpager
  kpat kpdf kpercentage kpersonalizer kpf kpilot kpoker kpovmodeler kppp
krdc
  krec kregexpeditor kreversi krfb kruler ksame ksayit kscd kscreensaver
  kscreensaver-xsavers kshisen ksig ksim ksirc ksirtet ksmiletris
ksmserver
  ksnake ksnapshot ksokoban kspaceduel ksplash kstars kstars-data ksvg
ksync
  ksysguard ksysguardd ksysv kteatime ktimer ktip ktnef ktouch ktron
kttsd
  ktuberling kturtle ktux kuser kverbos kview kviewshell kvoctrain
  kwalletmanager kweather kwifimanager kwin kwin4 kwordquiz kworldclock
  kxsldbg libarts1-audiofile libarts1-mpeglib libarts1-xine
  libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libboost-python1.33.1 libcvsservice0
libdb4.3++c2
  libdbus-qt-1-1c2 libgmp3c2 libindex0 libjasper-runtime libjpeg-progs
  libkcal2b libkcddb1 libkdeedu3 libkdegames1 libkdepim1a libkgantt0
libkiten1
  libkleopatra1 libkmime2 libkonq4 libkpimexchange1 libkpimidentities1
  libksba8 libkscan1 libksieve0 libktnef1 liblockdev1 libmal1
libmimelib1c2a
  libofa0 libpoppler1-qt librss1 libtidy-0.99-0 libtiff-tools
libtunepimp5
  lskat mpeglib networkstatus noatun noatun-plugins pinentry-qt poster
psutils
  quanta quanta-data secpolicy superkaramba tidy ttf-dustin ttf-sjfonts
Suggested packages:
  monopd kdeedu-doc-html lookup xjdic sdic-edict fftw3-dev gnupg-doc
  xloadimage kdeaddons-doc-html gnubg kde-i18n kttsd-contrib-plugins
  kdeaccessibility-doc-html kdeadmin-doc-html kdebase-doc-html mtools
  kdegames-doc-html kdegraphics-doc-html kdemultimedia-doc-html
  kdenetwork-doc-html kdepim-doc-html egroupware efax hylafax-client
  mgetty-fax kdetoys-doc-html kdeutils-doc-html kommander-dev
  kdewebdev-doc-html htdig menu xmms-kde clamav f-prot-installer
  knewsticker-scripts libjessie-java povray libtiff-opengl pinentry-doc
gv
  gubed php-doc xmms tidy-doc
Recommended packages:
  ncompress zoo p7zip-full pinentry-curses pinentry flac kde-icons-mono
  lilo-config kdm kdenetwork-filesharing ktalkd lisa tetex-bin procmail
gnuift
  imagemagick ocrad gocr qca-tls rpm libio-socket-ssl-perl cervisia
kompare
  wdg-html-reference docbook-defguide
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  akregator amor ark arts artsbuilder atlantik atlantikdesigner blinken
cvs
  dcoprss dirmngr edict eyesapplet fftw3 fifteenapplet gnupg-agent
gnupg2
  gpgsm indi juk kaboodle kaddressbook kaddressbook-plugins kalarm
kalzium
  kalzium-data kamera kanagram kandy kanjidic kappfinder karm kasteroids
kate
  kate-plugins katomic kaudiocreator kbackgammon kbattleship kblackbox
kbounce
  kbruch kbstate kcalc kcharselect kcoloredit kcontrol kcron kdat kde
  kde-amusements kde-core kdeaccessibility kdeaddons
kdeaddons-kfile-plugins
  kdeadmin kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdeartwork kdeartwork-emoticons
  kdeartwork-misc kdeartwork-style kdeartwork-theme-icon
  kdeartwork-theme-window kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-data
kdebase-kio-plugins
  kdeedu kdeedu-data kdegames kdegames-card-data kdegraphics
  kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelibs kdelirc kdemultimedia
  kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins
  kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork kdenetwork-kfile-plugins
kdepasswd
  kdepim kdepim-kfile-plugins kdepim-kio-plugins kdepim-kresources
  kdepim-wizards kdeprint kdesktop kdessh kdetoys kdeutils kdewallpapers
  kdewebdev kdf kdict kdnssd kdvi kedit keduca kenolaba kfax kfaxview
  kfilereplace kfind kfloppy kfouleggs kgamma kget kghostview
kgoldrunner kgpg
  khangman khelpcenter khexedit kicker kicker-applets kiconedit kig
  kimagemapeditor kitchensync kiten kjots kjumpingcube klaptopdaemon
klatin
  kleopatra klettres klettres-data klickety klines klinkstatus klipper
kmag
  kmahjongg kmail kmailcvt kmenuedit kmid kmilo kmines kmix kmoon
kmousetool
  kmouth kmplot kmrml knetwalk knetworkconf knewsticker knode knotes
kodo kolf
  kolourpaint kommander konq-plugins konqueror konqueror-nsplugins
konquest
  konsole konsolekalendar kontact kooka kopete korganizer korn kpackage
kpager
  kpat kpdf kpercentage kpersonalizer kpf kpilot kpoker kpovmodeler kppp
krdc
  krec kregexpeditor kreversi krfb kruler ksame ksayit kscd kscreensaver
  kscreensaver-xsavers kshisen ksig ksim ksirc ksirtet ksmiletris
ksmserver
  ksnake ksnapshot ksokoban kspaceduel ksplash kstars kstars-data ksvg
ksync
  ksysguard ksysguardd ksysv kteatime ktimer ktip ktnef ktouch ktron
kttsd
  ktuberling kturtle ktux kuser kverbos kview kviewshell kvoctrain
  kwalletmanager kweather kwifimanager kwin kwin4 kwordquiz kworldclock
  kxsldbg libarts1-audiofile libarts1-mpeglib libarts1-xine
  libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libboost-python1.33.1 libcvsservice0
libdb4.3++c2
  libdbus-qt-1-1c2 libgmp3c2 libindex0 libjasper-runtime libjpeg-progs
  libkcal2b libkcddb1 libkdeedu3 libkdegames1 libkdepim1a libkgantt0
libkiten1
  libkleopatra1 libkmime2 libkonq4 libkpimexchange1 libkpimidentities1
  libksba8 libkscan1 libksieve0 libktnef1 liblockdev1 libmal1
libmimelib1c2a
  libofa0 libpoppler1-qt librss1 libtidy-0.99-0 libtiff-tools
libtunepimp5
  lskat mpeglib networkstatus noatun noatun-plugins pinentry-qt poster
psutils
  quanta quanta-data secpolicy superkaramba tidy ttf-dustin ttf-sjfonts
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