[GLLUG] apt-get Oddity

[Richard Houser]

That's how both yum and urpmi work, too.
On Jan 11, 2012 10:08 PM, "Matt Harrison" <matt.harrison82 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In Debian, I've noted that behaviour, but only when there are no
> additional dependencies to install....ie...you install package A, and
> package A has no additional dependencies, it will just install package
> A without asking you since nothing additional will be installed.
>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a question for all you Debian/Ubuntu users.  I installed Bodhi
> Linux
> > on a laptop.  It's based upon Ubuntu, but slimmed down.  I've been
> > installing some stuff with apt-get (e.g., "apt-get install privoxy").
> Most
> > of the time, apt-get lists what it will install, including dependencies,
> and
> > how much space it will consume, and then asks if I want to proceed.
> >  However, I'd estimate that 30% to 40% of the time it does all that but
> ask
> > if I want to proceed, and it just finishes the installation.  Has anyone
> > else seen that before?
> > --
> >
> >                               Chick
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