On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:26:38AM +0100, somethin2cool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Given that aptitude is awesome and that all the stuff I want is missing > from all the repositories, is there anyway for me to use .deb files and > dpkg in conjunction with aptitude. I'm sure they have the dependencies > listed inside them somewhere, and it would be brilliant. I'd settle for > apt of course.
Hi, If you want to use .deb files with apt tools, your best bet is to build a local repository. Stick them in a directory, chdir to that directory, and run "apt-ftparchive packages . > Packages". Then put the line "deb file:///path/to/debs ./" in your sources.list and run "aptitude update". For instance, to put them in /home/somethin2cool/packages, you'd do $ cd /home/something2cool/packages $ cp (...)/*.deb . $ apt-ftparchive packages . > Packages $ echo "deb file:///home/something2cool/packages ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list $ aptitude update If you don't want to do that, your second-best option is to install a .deb by hand, then see if apt(itude) can resolve its dependencies from your apt sources (run, e.g., "aptitude install -f" to try and fix the dependencies of currently installed debs). If it can't, you might need to install some more dependencies by hand. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
