Linux Installation Question
nick G
nick6489 at optonline.net
Tue Apr 20 17:43:59 EDT 2004
What option in RPM tells it to go find dependencys automatically?
Thanks,
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Saqib Shaikh" <S.Shaikh at sussex.ac.uk>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 4:42 PM
Subject: RE: Linux Installation Question
> In general you will not need to install any Xwindows components, however
> there may be cases where you want to use a console application that
requires
> X libraries.
>
> For example, parts of the Emacs editor require just the core X libraries -
> not X Windows itself. Likewise some command-line, text-only graphics
> manipulation packages require X libraries. But you won't need to worry
> about this as hopefully the RPM system will figure out when you need
things
> and when you don't. You just use RPM to install the packages you wish -
for
> example, nano for text editing, mutt for email, mc for file management and
> Links for web browsing - these are jut examples - everyone has their own
> favourites.
>
> Saqib
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
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> On Behalf Of Leslie Fairall
> Sent: 20 April 2004 21:36
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: RE: Linux Installation Question
>
> Hi Saqib:
>
> Thank you for your instructions.
>
> I had a chance to skim through the Fedora faq written by Janina and Bill.
> It contains great information. I'm not sure I want to plunge into the
> graphical screen readers yet since I'm not sure if Brltty would support
> them. In this case, are there any X-Windows components that you think I
> should install in order to make things run smoother?
>
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