>M> I'm trying to install GNOME by hand, and I need to install >M> libgnome32 to continue. When I try to install it, I am told that >M> it depends on having libgnomeui32 installed. But when I try to >M> install that, it says i need to already have libgnome32 in. > >You have to install these packages simultaneously. with dpkg -i >package1 package2. > >SO the best thing is to copy all files into a directory (in /tmp or >such), and run dpkg -i *.deb
Q1: Does this solve the dependency problems on the fly? Q2: Can you use a similar syntax with apt? If so, what is that syntax? I read the comment on AOL. Even if you can get thru on the net then it is still preferable for many people to first download the packages during a quiet time and then install them later. I thought to set up apt with access to the CD-ROM and a directory with the downloaded files, so it could figure out the dependencies and get the files from either place. However, apt needs a packages.gz file for the directory in order to know what is in the directory. I haven't figured out what the solution for this is. If someone has an idea then mail it to the group please. Hans
