This is just a note - so I don't forget - how to tell Linux Debian to install the dependencies for a specific package, i.e. to resolve dependencies.
For example, say you want to build from source the latest version of a package that isn't visible through the repositories, but the dependencies of that version can quite well be installed from packages that come with Debian out of the box. This is how, for instance, dependencies get installed when building Xen 4.1 from source.
Or apt-get install refuses to install a package, saying it has dependencies, but it doesn't want to install those dependencies itself.
So, here's the simple command:
$ sudo apt-get build-dep <package_name>
where instead of <package_name> you specify the name of the package or packages whose dependencies you want resolved. In this case the package(s) themselves will not be installed, but everything needed to install them will be downloaded and set up.
Of course, if there are deeper problems, this method won't help
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