Re: local install with apt-get still producing caches in /var/lib/dpkg/{info,alternatives,info, ...}

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Subject: Re: local install with apt-get still producing caches in /var/lib/dpkg/{info,alternatives,info, ...}
From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:24:34 +0200
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On Sat,06.Feb.10, 13:13:33, Albretch Mueller wrote:

>  How is it being set to beging with if I don't explicitly use dpkg to
> install packages?

Only dpkg installs packages. APT "just" takes care of resolving 
dependencies and downloading the apropiate .deb files which are then 
passed to dpkg.

Regards,
Andrei
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