Using Jessie, as I was unable to discover how to install a pair of
interdependent .debs from looking at the man pages for dpkg, gdebi, apt or
aptitude, I tried to first fetch them with wget and then set up a local apt repo
from them after finding
https://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository
but it was no better help. Neither the string 'local file' nor the string 'local
.deb' are to be found on that page. Trying various suggestions from web searches
had me going in a circle of various errors. Somewhere along the way I saw
something about finding out why various errors get generated trying, but I
couldn't even find that again after finding a purpose for doing it. Among the
errors: "Dependency is not satisfiable". The rest I don't remember. Eventually I
stumbled onto the fact that 'dpkg install' does not equate to 'dpkg -i', and got
the latter to install the two updates.
However, I'd still like to know:
1-how to capture the responsible why of a 'held back' or a 'Dependency is not
satisfiable'
2-what part(s) of the lengthy HowToSetupADebianRepository page describe
configuring use of already downloaded .deb files
3-whether one hold operation can be sufficient for getting either apt-get update
or aptitude update to obey it, and if so, how/which
--
"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
