apt-get install and dependencies

[bigb89]

Hi, I apologize if this seems like a stupid question but most of the time that I have to install something, I usually compile from source so I''m used to how Debian's apt-get install works. So my question is: when I use apt-get install to download and install a certain program, does that automatically download all programs necessary to run the program that I'm trying to install? So for example, I'm installing a program that requires Apache so that it can run, does apt-get install also go ahead and download and configure Apache if I don't have it installed already?

[Dapper Dan]

That's pretty much it. Apt-get will show you the dependencies needed and ask you (y or n) if you want to proceed. If you answer yes, it will download and install the dependencies it says are needed along with the app you are wanting to install.