On Tue 03 Jun 2014 at 15:50:38 -0700, Horatio Leragon wrote: > > From: Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> > > > The advent of apt was a gigantic step forward for Debian. The interplay > > between dpkg and apt is still (to me) quite marvellous. > > Get a .deb from somewhere (Skype, for example) and > > > dpkg -i <package> > > > followed by > > > apt-get -f install > > > gets everything sorted. > > The command > > apt-get -f install > > means a "force" install, am I correct?
No. please see apt-get(8) (man apt-get) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/04062014001304.f1bd93892...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
