The Slackware package manager doesn't have any dependency checking built in. The usual way a user discovers a program's dependencies is by visiting that program's web site. Or if they are compiling a package, the build process will usually fail in the configure stage with something like "can't find package X"
<br><br>If you want dependency checking there are a couple of projects that add it to the Slackware package manager. you might have a look at swaret or slapt-get. <a href="http://freshmeat.net">freshmeat.net</a> also has some different package managers for Slackware.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rich Shepard</b> <<a href="mailto:rshepard@appl-ecosys.com">rshepard@appl-ecosys.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, Lehman Black wrote:<br><br>> Usually SlackBuilds on <a href="http://slackbuilds.org">slackbuilds.org</a> do not check dependancies. A list<br>> of dependancies should be placed in the<br>> README<
<a href="http://slackbuilds.org/guidelines/">http://slackbuilds.org/guidelines/</a>>file to let the person<br>> downloading the script what other SlackBuilds/Packages they would need to<br>> install before running the script.
<br><br>Lehman,<br><br> Stepping back to look at this from the user's perspective, I can see your<br>point. Preparing the package is one thing, installing and using the<br>application is another.<br><br> But, would the user necessarily know the requirements before installing
<br>the package? Only if the source mentioned them. I guess there's no<br>dependency checking that can be added to the package that would activate<br>during an install or upgrade.<br><br>Rich<br><br>--<br>Richard B. Shepard,
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