Re: [Matplotlib-users] dolphin save as svg broken

[Fernando P. <fpe...@gm...>]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Jouni K. Seppänen <jk...@ik...> wrote:
>
> Is there a way to ask apt what the build dependencies for a package are,
> and then install only a subset?

A crude but functional way is to just run apt-get build-dep, and then
cancel the actual download.  That list is printed on screen, and one
can then manually apt-get install just a subset.  I'm sure one of our
resident Debian experts can suggest a more elegant solution.

Cheers,

f