Re: [Visualpython-users] Compiling on Ubuntu 10.04

[Guy K. K. <g....@ma...>]

On Sat, 29 May 2010 10:14:26 Eric Ayars wrote:
> They give me vpython 5.12, which I know is not the latest version but after
> the absurd amount of time I've blown on this problem I really don't care
> whether it's the latest or not!

If you're then just using a binary packaged version of python-visual, you do 
not need the "*-dev" packages. These are *only* required for 
building/compiling. So you may want to try to chuck these out and see if it 
still works (it should).

On a side note, I've found that aptitude instead of apt-get is better at 
resolving dependencies, and it keeps the system cleaner, as it knows and 
tracks what packages were installed purely as a dependency, and it kicks them 
out automatically again as soon as they're orphaned. It should be for most 
purposes a drop in replacement for apt-get.

Guy

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