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Re: dpkg install and extract options



On Thursday 23 December 2004 6:48 am, Bahadir Balban wrote:
> just a simple question - 
> 
> if I use dpkg -i option, does it do anything extra than resolving
> dependencies and extracting the packages?

It calls debconf to set up the package as well.

> In other words, if I know about the dependencies of my packages,
> simply using the -x (extract) option, would I get a working
> installation for a package?

Only if debconf doesn't do anything for that package.  Just use -i.

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Paul Johnson
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