effect of checkinstall debs

[Liam O'Toole]

On 2010-03-15, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:
> I wanted to experiment with darktable 
> (http://darktable.sourceforge.net/)  The only .deb on the website is for 
> 64bit.  I was able to compile from the source after tracking down an 
> number of -dev libraries.  I used checkinstall to create a deb and have 
> a working installation.
>
> Here is the question:
>
> If I provide that deb to other users, will dpkg resolve dependencies?  I 
> assume the foo-dev libraries are only needed for compiling.  But if dpkg 
> will not resolve conflicts, is there some way that I can find out the 
> dependencies so that users can know what they are?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --PE
>

Examine the .deb file using the command 'dpkg --info <filename>'. Is
the 'Depends' field completed correctly? If so, then higher level tools
such as apt-get and aptitude will be able to resolve dependencies when
you distribute the .deb file to others.

-- 
Liam O'Toole
Birmingham, United Kingdom