Instructions to install packages should not specify their dependencies

jn64 commented

2023-03-09 15:56:55 +00:00

In step 4 of How to Set Nvidia as Primary GPU on Optimus-based Laptops :: Fedora Docs, users are told to "install the driver and its dependencies" with this command:

sudo dnf install gcc kernel-headers kernel-devel akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686

Problems with explicitly specifying dependencies:

Fragile—Dependencies may change
Unintentional packages left installed—If a user later decides to remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia\* (according to RPM Fusion) or akmod-nvidia, the other packages like gcc, kernel-headers, kernel-devel will not be autoremoved even if the user has no other installed packages that depend on them.
Unnecessarily long

Based on Howto/NVIDIA - RPM Fusion, the command can be reduced to:

sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia

In [step 4 of How to Set Nvidia as Primary GPU on Optimus-based Laptops :: Fedora Docs](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/how-to-set-nvidia-as-primary-gpu-on-optimus-based-laptops/#_step_4_install_the_driver_and_its_dependencies), users are told to "install the driver and its dependencies" with this command: ``` sudo dnf install gcc kernel-headers kernel-devel akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 ``` Problems with explicitly specifying dependencies: - Fragile—Dependencies may change - Unintentional packages left installed—If a user later decides to remove `xorg-x11-drv-nvidia\*` ([according to RPM Fusion](https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA#Uninstall_the_NVIDIA_driver)) or `akmod-nvidia`, the other packages like `gcc`, `kernel-headers`, `kernel-devel` will not be autoremoved even if the user has no other installed packages that depend on them. - Unnecessarily long Based on [Howto/NVIDIA - RPM Fusion](https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA#Current_GeForce.2FQuadro.2FTesla), the command can be reduced to: ``` sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia ```

ankursinha commented

2023-03-09 16:44:44 +00:00

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@t0xic0der ^ could you take a look please?

pboy commented

2023-03-21 13:34:57 +00:00

Letting the program to be installed pull in its dependencies seems reasonable to me. But we would have to get a new image as well.

t0xic0der commented

2023-03-29 18:35:54 +00:00

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@jn64 valid point.

Could you please make a pull request against the docs website to make that correction?

I am a bit caught up right now so if you cannot, I can make the said changes later.

@jn64 valid point. Could you please make a pull request against the docs website to make that correction? I am a bit caught up right now so if you cannot, I can make the said changes later.

hankuoffroad commented

2023-05-05 06:34:29 +00:00

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Issue tagged with: good first issue

hankuoffroad commented

2023-05-05 07:28:09 +00:00

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Metadata Update from @hankuoffroad:

Issue untagged with: good first issue

**Metadata Update from @hankuoffroad**: - Issue **un**tagged with: good first issue

hankuoffroad commented

2023-05-05 07:39:51 +00:00

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Issue tagged with: help wanted

hamrheadcorvette commented

2024-07-25 19:31:24 +00:00

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I have made some grammatical changes to the doc, and need to make a couple minor cosmetic changes to remove a box for a bullet point. This should ease right into that change as well.

hamrheadcorvette commented

2024-07-25 19:31:39 +00:00

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Metadata Update from @hamrheadcorvette:

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