On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:26:38AM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Given that aptitude is awesome and that all the stuff I want is missing > from all the repositories, is there anyway for me to use .deb files and > dpkg in conjunction with aptitude. I'm sure they have the dependencies > listed inside them somewhere, and it would be brilliant. I'd settle for > apt of course. > if someone make a deb packages that does not have any dependencies, then you use dpkg to install it. Otherwise they would need to create their own repository that contains all the things apt-get/aptitude expects. You would add a 'deb' or 'deb-src' line and go from there. But many software projects provide one of these options. So you should have no problem. But is the software that you need not in Debian because of no one asking for its inclusion or becuase there is some reason that it could never be included. If it can be included, see if the project would like to add it. This would solve your issue. -K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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