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I'm running XBMC compiled from SVN on Ubuntu Intrepid.

Whenever I install a new package via apt-get I get a long list of packages that are "automatically installed and no longer required"

These are all dependencies required for XBMC compilation and were installed via: sudo apt-get build-dep xbmc

Is there anyway to tell apt to shut up already about the XBMC dependencies?

EDIT: Nevermind - I ended up grabbing the output of "no longer required packages" and doing a sudo apt-get install to set them all manually installed - that solved the problem.

EDIT: Oops - no that didn't solve the problem, still have the original issue. WTF?

maybe try setting XBMC as manually installed.

Quote:maybe try setting XBMC as manually installed.

I've compiled it from source, I don't want the packaged version in the repos, and as I understand it these dependencies aren't for the XBMC binary packages, they're necessary if you want to compile it.

I've come across issues too often where the answer is "compile the latest"

This Ubuntu bug touches on the issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sourc...bug/248268

They suggest manually installing the deps, which I did, but I still get the "automatically installed - autoremove" message.

IIRC there's a "builddep" package or some such in the PPA. If you install that the XBMC deps will have something real to depend on.

Quote:IIRC there's a "builddep" package or some such in the PPA.

hmm.. I've looked and I don't see it in any of these:


Can you give me any other clues as to its location? How do developers deal with this? Or do you have these dependencies installed for other development?

he means:

sudo apt-get build-dep xbmc

Assuming you have one of those PPA repositories in your /etc/apt/sources.list

Quote:sudo apt-get build-dep xbmc

If you look up at my first post, that's how I got where I am now

I just ignore it: no harm, no foul.