Re: dpkg and configuring packages

["Stephen P. Ryan" <sryan@math.dartmouth.edu>]

On 16 Feb, J K wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  I was wondering how to configure packages that I installed with
> dpkg -i <filename>.deb. After installing a package, I got a message 
> saying package depends on another file, and that that file was not 
> installed.  I have installed the other package now, and wonder how to 
> configure the first package.  Any help would be appreciated.
> 
Try dpkg --pending --configure

That (attempts to) configure every package that has been installed but
not configured yet.
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Stephen Ryan                   Debian GNU/Linux
Mathematics graduate student, Dartmouth College