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Re: installing a single package



On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 21:00:03 -0700 (PDT)
Dave Wolover <dave_wolover@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to install a single xfree*.deb package I downloaded and
> put into my /home/dwolover directory.  I've tried the "apt-get
> install /home/dwolover/xfree*.deb" command but it seems to be
> checking the package directories and ignores the single package I
> identify in the command.  Any help on what I'm doing wrong would be
> appreciated. 

What "I" do is;

sudo dpkg -i /home/dwolover/xfree*.deb

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