Alex Hunsley wrote: > > "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
Progress... I did apt-get install xaos from the net. It failed again, but suggested I run "apt-get -f install", which I have done, and it seems to be happily getting the needed dependencies. Is this the correct way to correct the situation normally? thanks alex -- Now playing: nothing at all
