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I know there are many dependences.

Why not keep dependences and software in a pack like in windows ? I mean let software afford its newer dependence with itself.

Thanks

waterloo2005
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  • What software is this about? The default APT repos are kept frozen to prevent dependencies breaking, you can usually install the latest from a PPA. Windows can do this because it doesn't have a central package management program like APT, each program is distributed seperately – kiri Oct 03 '13 at 04:21
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    Possible dup based on the title alone: http://askubuntu.com/questions/151283/why-dont-the-ubuntu-repositories-have-the-latest-versions-of-software –  Oct 03 '13 at 04:22

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I think you might have installed a deb package and it might have shown you that some dependencies are not met. I think you should open a terminal after you installed the package and run the below command to fulfil it.

$ sudo apt-get install -f

This should fulfil the dependencies.

BTW, because of that non-sense technology, Windows OS and basic programs take 30+ Gig space while Ubuntu takes hardly 8 Gig for the same.

migrator
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  • He didn't say anything about having broken packages or unmet dependencies. – psusi Oct 03 '13 at 13:56
  • @psusi I know but I felt that is his problem; otherwise apt will take care of all the dependencies and one need not think of this unless a .deb package is installed directly. I suggested as per my understanding and let him see if it addresses his problem... – migrator Oct 04 '13 at 02:19
  • He doesn't have a problem. He is asking a general question about packaging software. – psusi Oct 04 '13 at 02:25
  • I too hope for the same... – migrator Oct 04 '13 at 02:27