Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu packages - binary vs. source

[Luke Yelavich <themuso ubuntu com>]

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On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 06:00:07AM EST, Rich Caloggero wrote:
> Luke wrote:
>> To find out what binary packages belong to a source package, run 
>> 'apt-cache showsrc packagename'
>
> OK, when I try this for atk, I get nothing at all. What's up with dat?  
> <smile>

YOu have to put a source line in your /etc/apt/sources.list, like this:

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/accessibility-dev/ubuntu hardy main

> When I try it with gail, I get the following binary package names:
> Binary: libgail18, libgail-common, libgail-dev, libgail-dbg, libgail-doc
>
> You suggest in your message that saying "apt-get install libgail18" will 
> do the right thing, so does this imply that the first binary package name 
> will be all that is required to install all of gail, or must we install 
> each of these binary packages in turn?

Unless one package depends on another, say libgail-dev depending on libgail18, you have to install these in turn.

Luke
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