Talk:OEandYourDistro

maybe as a last paragraph in the install page it is wise to include some checks how to test that the install is functioning. for me as a newbie, I followed the steps, but I have no idea what I have done to my system now...

Complementary packages (for debian)

What exactly are "complementary packages" ? It is not really clear what they are needed for --Zimbatm 12:29, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

as evidenced by the structure of the page, complementary is the opposite of mandatory packages. I'll rename the section to supplementary packages which may make the distinction more clear. --Laibsch 04:51, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

further mandatory packages

it may be that [20090508 19:01:39further packages are necessary]: libmpfr-dev and gfortran