Synaptic package manager dependency problems

Jack_Sparrow; now i was just experimenting today with anjuta...found out that gcc-4.2 alone wont help it work and that even gcc is required...when we select anjuta to install....it selects only the version 4.2...so this causes problems in compilation.....so how do i know which packages are really necessary for installing a particular package


DarkKnight I seldom compile anything .. but.. Build Dependencies: Most of the time you can install most build dependencies as in this example: sudo apt-get build-dep xvidcap , that will install all the -dev packages that the xvidcap package says it needs to compile

Jack_Sparrow; compile??


DarkKnight People chasing dependencies are usually compiling something