On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 03:50:38PM -0700, Horatio Leragon wrote: > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 2:22 AM > Subject: Re: Remove unwanted, orphaned files and dependencies > > > 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?
-f means "--fix-broken". It basically stops apt-get choosing the easy route of uninstalling the package you just installed (Given the choice of removing one half-installed package vs pulling in untold new packages, you can see which is easier).
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