On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 04:16:07PM +0200, Eugene van Zyl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How do I get dselect or another apt frontend tool read and use locally
> downloaded .deb files for which I'm unable (read apt-move, dpkg-scan-packages
> dosn't do it - I don't know how to get it to) to create the appropriate
> Packages & Release files and directory structure. apt-move doesn't like
> ftp.is.co.za 's dir structure and just generally seemed not to work.
> dpkg-scanpackages requires me to create a override file ... lots of manual
> work and faulty.
> Do I use some other tool ? and will it pick up and use the correct files for
> dependencies?
>
I always use 'dpkg' to install locally downloaded debs.
# dpkg -i package.deb
Check the man page for more. Yes it checks the dependencies.
kent
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