dpkg to look for dependency in the current direectory

[Derek Broughton]

OOzy Pal wrote:

> How can I make dpkg look for dependency in the current directory or how
> can I find dependencies to I can put the inline after dpkg for
> installation?
> 
dpgk doesn't actually look for dependencies at all - it just installs what
you tell it to install, and fails if the dependencies aren't installed.

What I usually do if I install an odd package from outside the repos is:

# dpkg -i filename

# aptitude -f install

And then aptitude looks for the dependencies to fix the dpkg install, if
necessary.  It still won't look in the current directory, though, and I
don't think there's any simple way to make it.
-- 
derek