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Software requiring many conflicting dependencies
Dependency hell is a colloquial term for the frustration of some software users who have installed software packages which have dependencies on specific versions of other software packages. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Dependency hellA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: De coelo et ejus mirabilibusThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: Package managerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: APT (software)A closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A situation in which installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.
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đź“š Books worth reading
De coelo et ejus mirabilibusEmanuel Swedenborg · 1867
Screening the afterlifeChristopher Deacy · 2012
Meditations for the use of the secular clergyChaignon, Pierre, 1791-1883, Louis De Goesbriand · 1891
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
The Dhamma Of Gotama The Buddha And The Gospel Of Jesus The ChristAiken, Charles Francis, 1863-1925 · 1900
The life and letters of St. Francis XavierHenry James Coleridge · 1872
The hotel yearsJoseph Roth, Miguel Sáenz Sagaseta · 2015
Treatise Concerning the State of Departed Souls, Before and At, and After the ResurrectionThomas Burnet · 1730
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