Re: more about those *.debs

1999-05-06 Thread Carl Mummert
You can tell dpkg to configure what it can by typing dpkg --configre --pending You can check dependancies on packages, before you install them, with dpkg -I. Then, if you install a package and its dependancies with one command (i.e. dpkg -i package1.deb package2.deb ... ) then dpkg will unpac

more about those *.debs

1999-05-06 Thread tf
hey all >If there are unsatisfied dependancies, dpkg will warn you and stop after >unpacking the package, but before configuring it. Because of this, you >may wish to use apt-get instead. When you use apt-get, you can forget >about dealing with .deb files, and instead think only about the packag