Hi, I am currently running debian etch and am reading the posts on gentoo dropping speakup. Gentoo really sounds like a good version as it is almost compiled entirely from source. Is there any way like in debian to install gentoo and use a speakup modified 2.6.21.6 kernel with a dectalk express as that is what I have? The issue I am having with debian etch is that when I run apt-get install build-essential to install the programs like gcc and other building programs a lot of package names come up as rec amended and suggested packages. What I want apt-get to do is install all of these packages with out telling me about them. Of course I want to install the documentation or if I do apt-get libc6-dev it tells me libc6-dev depends on libc6 but it is not going to be installed. Really I don't think that is good package management and should be looked into. What can I put in a file in the apt.conf.d directory to tell apt to still prompt me but select the suggested and rec amended packages when I want to install a package and install dependencies for me? -- My web page is http://www.nickgawronski.com Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere.
