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laolang_cool

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Registered: 2006-10-03

Posts: 10

must I install software sequently 1 by 1

I mean, e.g., if I install xf86-video-vesa firstly, and then install xorg, any problem? or if I first install codecs, and then mplayer, any problem?
Thank you!

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: must I install software sequently 1 by 1

Generally no, thanks to pacman's dependency resolution. There are probably a few exception though.

(You definitely don't have to install them one by one though, that's what groups are for... Do pacman -Sg to see the available groups, and pacman -Sg <group> to see what's in a given group.)

laolang_cool

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Registered: 2006-10-03

Posts: 10

Re: must I install software sequently 1 by 1

What's are the exceptions?

mucknert

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From: Berlin // Germany

Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 510

Re: must I install software sequently 1 by 1

You'll see when you bump into them.

In general you can rely on the dependency-tracking of pacman. Things only get tricky when it comes to conflicting stuff. But for that, I suggest your read up on the documentation. I hope you already have done that?

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