Re: .deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?

[Andreas Hetzmannseder <hetzmann@netway.at>]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 09:32:38AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> 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.
> 
> [...]

Thanks, Craig, I will try out dpkg -i right now...
Andreas.