Question about .deb and Windows

Colin Watson cjwatson at ubuntu.com
Tue May 31 16:56:02 UTC 2005


On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:22:30AM -0700, Alex Ferguson wrote:
> Hi, I have a "problem" and I'd like to ask a
> question.I have 2 computers, one with Windows and
> connected to the net, the other one is my Ubuntu
> Playground, and offline.Sometimes, when I have to
> install packages, I D/L them on my 1st PC, then I burn
> them and I load them in the Ubuntu PC using dpkg.The
> problems start in "dependancy hell".A package I want
> to download (xorg-devel libraries and whatever) has
> over 40 dependant packages, and those have
> I-don't-know-how-many dependant subpackages.
> 
> My question is, is there a program for Windows that
> works like apt, meaning, it resolves dependancies
> automatically? That would save me a LOT of time, not
> to mention time spent in the nut-house.

Install the apt-doc package and read chapter 3 of
/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/offline.* for ideas.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]




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