[NTLUG:Discuss] has anyone used Alexandria?

[Kevin Brannen]

Lance Simmons wrote:

>* Kevin Brannen <kbrannen at pwhome.com> [041218 10:26]:
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>>They make it sound so simple don't they?  That assumes you have
>>pkg-config installed correctly (I did) and are using correctly (I
>>wasn't, I needed to create PKG_CONFIG_PATH and set to to 2 dirs).  Not
>>counting Ruby itself, I've had to install no less than 5 other
>>packages off my DVD, which installed *at least* 9 more as
>>dependencies; plus the 3 Riby ones listed above.
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>I typed "apt-get install alexandria".  Apt took 2 minutes to download
>the package and the dozen or so dependencies I didn't already have.  Apt
>took another 30 seconds to unpack and install the packages.  Then I
>typed "alexandria", clicked the mouse once, entered an ISBN code, and
>had my first entry, including the photo of the book cover and the other
>material from Amazon.  It looks like a cool program.
>
>Dependency problems of the sort you describe are what led me a couple of
>years ago to move to Debian.
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Hmm, I have VMware.  I have disk space.  Thanks for the idea!  I'll 
consider it while my wife drags me around to find gifts for the kids 
today. :-)

Kevin