begin Andreas Hetzmannseder quotation: > > dpkg -i blah.deb > > [...] > > If you decided to uninstall 'blah.deb', wouldn't you run into trouble? > > One may create a 'Packages' file for some extra deb-package: > > localhost:~# cd /usr/local > localhost:/usr/local# mkdir debs > localhost:/usr/local# cd debs > localhost:/usr/local/debs# mkdir package_name > localhost:/usr/local/debs# cp path/to/debfile package_name > localhost:/usr/local/debs# dpkg-scanpackages package_name\ > some_empty_override_file\ > debs/ > Packages > > Additional entry in /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb file:/usr/local debs/ > > This way installing or uninstalling may be more properly achieved. > > At least I have been doing it this way, and it has been working fine. > Any comments? Just one: it's completely unnecessary. dpkg can uninstall any currently-installed package. It has no need, and probably completely ignores, the original .deb file. Craig
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