On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 06:28:58PM +0545, Paras pradhan wrote: > hi: > > how can i install deb files without executing it's preinst and postinst > file.. is it possible to pass parameters in dpkg -i ? > The closest you might be able to get is to use dpkg -x to unpack the archive directly. However, dpkg will not actually know that it is installed. You could also build a custom version of the package without the scripts. You can check out my page for a HOWTO describing package customization:
http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto/?page=debcustomize You could also install the package on another machine, remove the scripts from where they are installed (or make them empty files) in /var/lib/dpkg/info/, and then use dpkg-repack to rebuild the same .deb package without the scripts. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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