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A quick way to install associated -doc and -dev packages?

Asked by Paul Bransford

Is there any way to install all -doc packages that are associated with packages currently installed?

Also, would this same method work for pulling in -dev packages as well?

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sasha (sasha123-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Hi,

Nice question ;)

Please try:

sudo su -

for i in `apt-cache search --names-only "\-dev$|\-doc$" | awk '{ print $1 }'`; do apt-get -y install $i

This trick should work

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sasha (sasha123-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

The trick above installs all avaible -dev and -doc packages in the system. I do not really know is it exactly what you need.

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Paul Bransford (draeath) said : 		#3

Yes, that is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you Alexander!

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Paul Bransford (draeath) said : 		#4

Oh, gotta tack "; done" to the end for it to actually go. I edited it to read "do echo apt-get -y install $i; done" to preview what it would do, and it is doing the trick! Thanks again Alexander!