20.10: Installing a .deb with dependencies -- HowTo?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:34:25 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:06:38 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>>hi,
>>Am Sonntag, den 25.04.2021, 20:19 -0400 schrieb Robert Heller:  
>>> dpkg -i packagename.deb
>>> (fails, but list deps)    
>>
>>at which point you should "apt -f install" (-f -> "--fix-broken") to
>>fix the missing dependencies automatically ;)
>>
>>though as others said, since 16.04 you should be able to simply: 
>>
>>apt install ./packagename.deb
>>
>>without jumping through that extra dpkg hoop ...  
>
>The OP couldn't install the package using "dpkg -i packagename.deb",
>hence there's nothing to fix by using the apt -f option after deb
>already failed. It's probably the same issue that happens with "apt",
>the missing path.
>
>Maybe
>
>dpkg -i /path/packagename.deb
>
>IOW
>
>dpkg -i ./packagename.deb
>
>does work.

Rethinking it, seemingly the package was found ;), so it's not a path
issue. However, if dpkg doesn't install a package with missing
dependencies, than nothing is broken that apt can fix.