[ILUG] Do dependancy errors come up a lot?

[Paul Jakma]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Darragh wrote:

> Hello,

> Just wondering, do dependancy errors come up a lot and if so,

Yes. And they are _not_ errors.

> where is the best place to find the required software?

rpmfind.net - make sure though to get rpms suitable for your 
distribution.

Even better, install apt:

	http://apt.freshrpms.net/

Its an intelligent frontend to package management systems like rpm. 
(or dselect on debian). Once you have it installed do:

	apt-get update # this downloads the latest lists of available 
			#software

then to install balsa:

	apt-get install balsa

apt will automatically download and install any dependent packages 
(it will ask you though). If you want to search for packages, eg 
ones that might have irc their names or brief descriptions:

	apt-cache search irc

> Darragh

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