On 5/10/18, Jimmy Johnson <field.engin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 05/10/2018 03:33 PM, Albretch Mueller wrote: >> dpkg: error: --verify needs a valid package name but >> 'vlc_2.2.7-1~deb9u1_amd64.deb' is not: illegal package name in >> specifier 'vlc_2.2.7-1~deb9u1_amd64.deb': character '~' not allowed >> (only letters, digits and characters '-+._') > > What are you trying to do?
trying to verify a package prior to installing it locally. dpkg doesn't seem to eat package names with tildes lbrtchx
