Re: dpkg help

["Dean" <destruss@IowaTelecom.net>]

I don't know about apt-zip, but dpkg -iR <path to deb>
works for me when I download a deb file. HTH   Dean
----- Original Message -----
From: "omicron" <omicron@omicron.dyndns.org>
To: "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
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Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: dpkg help


> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > You might want to look at apt-zip which is intended for this situation.
>
> hi, how do i make apt-zip look into a subdirectory ? It is asking
> for a mounted partition with a noauto flag set . To requote the original
> question , if i have debian packages already downloaded in a subdirectory
> how do i safely install it without being in any danger of overwriting the
> previous packages? How do i use apt-zip for that ?
>
> regards
> omicron
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