Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apt
I know I can do:-
dpkg -i <foo>.deb
However if foo.deb requires bar.deb and baz.deb it will fail to install
due to the dependencies not being available
I can of course do:-
dpkg -i <foo>.deb
apt-get -f install
Which will cause apt-get to go and get bar.deb and baz.deb from the repo
(if available) and install them, however this is not straightforward for
the new user, and isn't intuitive. It also means that a gdebi user needs
to drop to the terminal to complete install of a downloaded .deb file.
What would be nice would be:-
apt-get install ./foo.deb
Which would then calculate the dependencies (as per the -f install), rather
than having to use both dpkg and apt-get together.
This could subsequently be added to gdebi?
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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apt should allow installing of locally downloaded packages
https://launchpad.net/bugs/92753
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