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Re: dpkg install and extract options



On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:21:20AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> 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?

Yes, lots.

> It calls debconf to set up the package as well.

No, dpkg knows nothing about debconf.  It does run scripts, like the
package's postinst, with may themselves activate and use debconf though.

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