package dependency resolution in slackware?

[Kurt Wall]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 12:14:05PM -0500, Net Llama! took 32 lines to write:
> On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Kurt Wall wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 11:07:42AM -0500, Net Llama! took 14 lines to write:
> > > How does slackware (10.2 to be precise) handle package dependency
> > > resoloution?
> >
> > Dependencies? It doesn't. Rather, the native Slackware package "management" tools
> > (removepkg, installpkg, etc.) don't handle dependencies. The package either
> > installs or it doesn't. I believe slapt-get and the other add-on tools might,
> > but OOB Slackware doesn't.
> 
> I figured as much  :)

I knew you wouldn't be surprised. :-)

> > "installpkg *" should do once you've gotten them all downloaded. I take it you've
> > grabbed pre-built binaries somewhere?
> 
> err, i was assuming, perhaps erroneously, that slackware-10.2 came with
> KDE on the CDs.  It seemed to have just about every other window manager.

Oh. CD #2.

Kurt
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