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<sect1 id="aa-intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="appendixa"?>
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<para>In this appendix the following aspects of every package
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installed in this book are described:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>the official download location for the
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package,</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>what the package contains,</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>what each program from the package does,</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>what the package needs to be compiled.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Most information about these packages (especially the descriptions of
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them) come from the man pages of those packages. We do not include
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the entire man page, but just some key elements to make it possible to
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understand what a program does. To get information on all details of a program,
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please refer to its man page or info page.</para>
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<para>Certain packages are documented in more depth
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than others, because we just happen to know more about certain
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packages than about others. If you think anything should be added to the
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following descriptions, please don't hesitate to email the mailing
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lists. We intend that the list should contain an in-depth description
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of every package installed, but we can't do it without help.</para>
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<para>Please note that currently only what a package does is described and not
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why it needs to be installed. This may be added later.</para>
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<para>Also listed are all of the installation dependencies for all the
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packages that are installed in this book. The listings will include
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which programs from which packages are needed to successfully compile
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the package to be installed.</para>
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<para>These are not running dependencies, meaning they don't tell you
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what programs are needed to use that package's programs, just the ones
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needed to compile it.</para>
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<para>The dependency list can be, from time to time, outdated in regards
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to the currently used package version. Checking dependencies takes quite a
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bit of work, so they may lag behind a bit on the package update. But
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often with minor package updates, the installation dependencies hardly
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change, so they'll be current in most cases. When we upgrade to a major
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new release, we'll make sure the dependencies are checked too.</para>
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</sect1>
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