Tue, 15 Apr 2008
Install Package Dependencies After a DPKG Package Install
I've had a couple of people mail asking about my "frigging apt" comment in a previous
post (the last paragraph). It's actually as simple as the comment
implies. Here's an example -
wget http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/v/vmware-package/vmware-package_0.22_i386.deb
dpkg -i vmware-package_0.22_i386.deb
apt-get install -f
# get prompted about installing lots of packages
I don't have any really well thought out reasons to not like this approach - in the few cases I've tried it I've found it to work; it just feels a little... icky.
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