Re: synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?)

From	Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?)
Date	2024-11-30 16:00 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 8:56 PM Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 30/11/2024 01:00, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>> As the OP's link explicitly referenced "debian" I used Synaptic's
> >>> search function. There were no packages with "Erling" in package
> >>> name, but several in description field.
> >
> > *MY* reference to  "Erling" *IS* a typo. I did the tests with  "Erlang".
> > I used copy-n-paste in tests 'cause I'm a licy tipist ;}
>
>      apt list '~nerlang'
>
> gives more than 100 package names.
> <
> https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=bookworm&searchon=names&keywords=erlang
> >
> adds a warning that not all packages are listed due to excessive number.

For some reason which I never understood, the maintainers of erlang chose
several years ago to split-up their standard runtime libraries into many
separate installable packages. I thought it was not a good idea and I never
heard what their rationale was. Since then I build erlang from source
rather than use them.

Thread

Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04) Matilda Sjöblom <matilda.sjoblom@recordedfuture.com> - 2024-11-29 10:00 +0100
  Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-29 10:20 +0100
    A more fundemental error? - was [Re: Issues installing Erling using  apt (Ubuntu 20.04)] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-11-29 15:20 +0100
      Re: A more fundemental error? - was [Re: Issues installing Erling  using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)] Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2024-11-29 18:00 +0100
        Re: A more fundemental error? - was [Re: Issues installing Erling  using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-11-29 19:10 +0100
          synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-11-30 04:00 +0100
            Re: synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-11-30 15:30 +0100
            Re: synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?) Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2024-11-30 16:00 +0100
  Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04) Michael Kjörling <c9bc136c6063@ewoof.net> - 2024-11-29 11:00 +0100
    Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04) Bitfox <hi@bitfox.ddns.net> - 2024-11-29 13:40 +0100

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