Re: directly installing a deb package
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 10:51:15PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote:
> I've tried using dpkg as described, but there are problems:
>
> pylori:~/debs# dpkg -i xaos_3_0-23_i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package xaos.
> (Reading database ... 16818 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking xaos (from xaos_3_0-23_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xaos:
> xaos depends on aalib1 (>= 1.2); however:
> Package aalib1 is not installed.
> xaos depends on libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2); however:
> Version of libc6 on system is 2.1.3-18.
You're trying to install a package from testing/unstable on a stable
system. This isn't recommended; I'd suggest you build it from source
instead.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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