"Brooks R. Robinson" wrote: > > > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install > > it. How do I > > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in > > /tmp at the > > moment, and I've tried adding file:/tmp to sources.list, but > > still no luck - I > > think it's adding things like stable or main to the path. > > > > thanks > > alex > Greetings, > You need the correct tool for the correct job. dpkg -i <package > name> will > od the trick. > > HTH, > > Brooks
Thanks Brooks and all the others who replied. I've tried using dpkg as described, but there are problems: pylori:~/debs# dpkg -i xaos_3_0-23_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package xaos. (Reading database ... 16818 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking xaos (from xaos_3_0-23_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xaos: xaos depends on aalib1 (>= 1.2); however: Package aalib1 is not installed. xaos depends on libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2); however: Version of libc6 on system is 2.1.3-18. xaos depends on libncurses5 (>= 5.2.20010310-1); however: Version of libncurses5 on system is 5.0-6.0potato1. xaos depends on svgalibg1 | svgalib-dummyg1; however: Package svgalibg1 is not installed. Package svgalib-dummyg1 is not installed. xaos depends on xlibs (>= 4.0.1-11); however: Package xlibs is not installed. dpkg: error processing xaos (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: xaos pylori:~/debs# Should I just try and install the missing things? Which one(s) first? thanks alex -- Now playing: nothing at all
