From kde-devel  Wed Dec 18 09:15:06 2002
From: Stephan Binner <binner () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:15:06 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Testers wanted for kdenonbeta/konstruct
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On Sunday 15 December 2002 06:32, James Richard Tyrer wrote:

>> querying about installed packages which required/recommended/optional
>> packages are not installed and displaying the result. The lists could of
> First before you do anything about installing these packages, you need to

I don't bear installing in mind. Konstruct has to run without root privileges.

> PROBLEM: Every distro does not use the same names for all packages however
> it appears that there are usually only two or three different names in use.

Why not detect the distribution and display the exact package name?

> from the prefix you got from LD.SO, you could look for the needed header 

I wouldn't implement or duplicate header checking. That's configure's task.

Bye,
   Steve
 
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