[01:40] <dodobrain> hi all.. not 100% a motu question, so please let me know if i need to ask elsewhere: how do i install only the dependencies of a package?
[01:42] <rbasak> I don't know of a single command. I would ask apt-get what it would do and then manually amend the list.
[01:42] <dodobrain> ok, that seems the way to go i guess. asking apt-cache for the list of depends and installing those.
[01:47] <rbasak> dodobrain: I would use apt-get. Then you get more dynamic resolution, eg. if you have an alternative already installed, then it can skip that.
[01:50] <dodobrain> right.. what option would you recommend? -s ?
[01:50] <rbasak> I would just say no when it prompts you.
[01:50] <rbasak> I think there is one case where it won't prompt you, which is when it doesn't need to install extra dependencies over what you asked it to install.
[01:50] <dodobrain> well, the idea is to automate it somehow.. so just saying no at the prompt and copy pasting the output is a bit weird
[01:51] <rbasak> Oh, I see. Then -s.
[01:51] <rbasak> For an automation example, see mk-build-dep
[01:51] <rbasak> mk-build-deps
[01:51] <rbasak> It uses equivs to build a binary package that depends on what you want.
[01:52] <rbasak> Then if you try to install that, apt-get will pull it all in.
[01:52] <rbasak> (for older apt-get I think you need to arrange a local archive with apt-ftparchive though)
[01:52] <rbasak> So maybe not really suitable for what you want.
[01:52] <rbasak> It's a pretty odd request. I've not heard it before.
[01:53] <dodobrain> well, i want to install drupal7 on a vm, but apparently the dev wants his own 'package' (tarball really cos drupal is just a bunch of php scripts, conf files, etc.) installed
[01:54] <dodobrain> so i want to install all its deps except the package itself. the reason for automation is that i'm thinking of the future where more devs ask me to install more crap of their own without using the system provided version(s)
[02:06] <ScottK> dodobrain: Make a local package of the new version and just install it.
[08:45] <mitya57> Noskcaj: hi, have you forwarded your appstream-glib changes to Debian?
[08:45] <Noskcaj> yes
[08:47] <mitya57> I don't see that in BTS/git...
[08:47] <Noskcaj> I've emailed it to the maintainer, i'm in fairly regular contact with him for other stuff
[08:48] <mitya57> Ok, fine then
[16:09] <Unit193> I've got a couple things in the sponsors queue that'd be nice to get before tomorrow.  One of the packages on the queue, xscreensaver, it throwing annoying "warnings" that the version in vivid is outdated.
[17:47] <BradyForM> How do I install something from a package to /usr/local  ?
[18:12] <ogra_> usually you dont
[18:15] <BradyForM> Thanks ogra_  I have changed up all my scripts and what not so that they are in /usr/bin and get no more errors in the build.
[19:20] <Noskcaj> Can someone please sponsor https://code.launchpad.net/~noskcaj/ubuntu/vivid/snappy-player/1.0/+merge/248186 ?
[19:21] <Noskcaj> This fixes the only remaining clutter-gst r-dep