Re: Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!)
On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 07:41:19PM -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote:
> However, I still have quite a few questions that I am hoping to
> get answered :
First let me compliment you on your detailed and well organized request
for help.
I'll pick off one of your questions that is easy for me and let others
do the same.
Keep in mind there is always More Than One Way To Do It. I'm giving you
a "simple, brute force" solutions that has worked for me.
> (2) If I download a bunch of .deb files myself to a dir on my HD,
> how can I install them using a combination of dselect/apt ?
I keep these in a separate directory. For example, the X packages from
netgod are in /usr/local/netgod/ and the latest KDE packages are in
/usr/local/kde/.
Then I just do the following:
# dpkg -i /usr/local/netgod/*.deb
# dpkg -i /usr/local/kde/*.deb
This simple and effective. Keeping the files togther and installing them
with a single dpkg command means dependencies shouldn't be a problem.
If you do come up with a dependency issue, just add the necessary
package(s) to the appropriate directory.
Luck,
Pann
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