[6370fa6] | 1 | <sect1 id="aa-intro">
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| 2 | <title>Introduction</title>
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[4089c23] | 3 | <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="appendixa"?>
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[6370fa6] | 4 |
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[d9de0f90] | 5 | <para>This appendix describes the following aspects of every package
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[b822811] | 6 | that is installed in this book:</para>
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[6370fa6] | 7 |
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| 8 | <itemizedlist>
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| 9 |
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[9b29852] | 10 | <listitem><para>The official download location for the
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| 11 | package.</para></listitem>
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| 12 |
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[d9de0f90] | 13 | <listitem><para>What the package contains.</para></listitem>
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[6370fa6] | 14 |
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[d9de0f90] | 15 | <listitem><para>What each program from a package does.</para></listitem>
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[6370fa6] | 16 |
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[9b29852] | 17 | <listitem><para>What each package needs to compile.</para></listitem>
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[6370fa6] | 18 |
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[9b29852] | 19 | </itemizedlist>
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[6370fa6] | 20 |
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[b822811] | 21 | <para>Most information about these packages (especially the descriptions of
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[51c0c603] | 22 | them) come from the man pages from those packages. We are not going to print
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[d9de0f90] | 23 | the entire man page, just the core elements to make it possible to
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| 24 | understand what a program does. To get knowledge of all details on a program,
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| 25 | we suggest you start by reading the complete man page in addition to
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| 26 | this appendix.</para>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>Certain packages are documented in more depth
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| 29 | than others, because we just happen to know more about certain
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| 30 | packages than I know about others. If anything should be added to the
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| 31 | following descriptions, please don't hesitate to email the mailing
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| 32 | lists. We intend that the list should contain an in-depth description
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| 33 | of every package installed, but we can't do it without help.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 34 |
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[b822811] | 35 | <para>Please note that currently only what a package does is described and not
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[d9de0f90] | 36 | why it needs to be installed. This may be added later.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 37 |
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[9b29852] | 38 | <para>Also listed are all of the installation dependencies for all the
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| 39 | packages that are installed in this book. The listings will include
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| 40 | which programs from which packages are needed to successfully compile
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| 41 | the package to be installed.</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>These are not running dependencies, meaning they don't tell you
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| 44 | what programs are needed to use that packages programs. Just the ones
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| 45 | needed to compile it.</para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <para>The dependency list can be, from time to time, outdated in regards
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| 48 | to the current used package version. Checking dependencies takes quite a
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| 49 | bit of work, so they may lag behind a bit on the package update. But
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| 50 | often with minor package updates, the installation dependencies hardly
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| 51 | change, so they'll be current in most cases. If we upgrade to a major
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| 52 | new release, we'll make sure the dependencies are checked too at the
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| 53 | same time.</para>
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| 54 |
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[6370fa6] | 55 | </sect1>
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| 56 |
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