This is very annoying. I just sent a .deb (containing an updated version) to a customer now that has all depencies installed but is not connected to the internet.
An easy solution could be to change the default association of installation of .deb files to gdebi-gtk instead, as I think it handles this case correctly (when dependencies are required to be downloaded possibly better too). ** Tags added: precise ** Summary changed: - Cannot install local packages without network connection + Cannot install local packages (.deb files) without network connection ** Tags added: quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926763 Title: Cannot install local packages (.deb files) without network connection Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Software Center version 5.2.2.2, Ubuntu 12.04 On Ubuntu 11.10, when the software-center is invoked to install a package from a local .deb file, the Install-Button is deactivated while not connected to the internet. This is annoying as the software center is unusable slow while connected on my machine, but that's another bug. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/926763/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
