On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:08:40AM +0100, Michal Politowski wrote: > Could you possibly explain clearly what is the difference > between using dpkg -i to install a package build from some *-source > and using it to install _any_ _other_ _package_? > > If you want the convenience of automatic dependencies installation > use a frontend, you have been told how to.
None of the frontends (TTBOMK) allow you to install an arbitrary .deb file though; they all want to fetch from a package repository. "apt-get install <file.deb>" has been proposed before but isn't implemented. Yet it's what's needed here (or equivalent). As a workaround, the generated modules package could pre-depend on the utils package. That would stop dpkg from unpacking it and leaving a useless installation. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
