gdeb package broken in Hoary
Matthew Thomas
mpt at myrealbox.com
Tue Mar 8 04:08:36 CST 2005
I downloaded a .deb file from a Web site, and wanted to install it.
Unfortunately there's no way to do that in Synaptic
<https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2706>. Apparently I have to
use the Synaptic package manager to install the gdeb package manager,
then use the gdeb package manager to install the package. (Insert
wistful memories of Mac OS drag-and-drop installation here.)
gdeb is listed as a package in Synaptic, but when I try to install it, I
get an error:
>
> gdeb:
> Depends: libapt-inst-libc6.3-5-1.0 but it is not installable
> Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 but it is not installable
(I'm reliably informed that bugs about Universe packages should be
posted here, since Malone isn't quite ready for them yet.)
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Matthew Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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