Installing .deb packages with apt-get

[Dotan Cohen]

On 17/05/07, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2007 16:35:13 +0100
> Gabriel Dragffy <gabe at dragffy.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't think you can use apt-get itself. But you can certainly use
> > dkpg. The normal way of using it is "dpkg -i packagename" naturally you
> > will need root privelages, so switch user or sudo the command.
>
> You can probably do this:
>
> sudo cp  *.deb  /var/cache/apt/archives/
> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install  foo bar
>
>  # add package names to taste
>
> Dumping your debs in the archive dir may not be elegant, but I've done it
> in the past, and it works well enough .
>
> Apt knows about the .debs in the archive ( which is why if you uninstall
> something then change your mind before the cache gets emptied, no
> downloading is required)
>
> gdebi makes all this rather pointless though - just double-click a deb to
> install, and if dependencies are needed they will be retrieved, assuming
> they are available and you have an Internet connection to get them if
> they are not already in the archive ...
>
> Peter
>

Thanks, Peter, that's a great tip. How on earth did you think about that?!?

Dotan Cohen

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