On Jo, 24 nov 11, 12:50:47, Andrew Wood wrote: > > apt-get install packagename will download and install just the > package specified but the installation may fail if it depends on > other packages, or No it won't. > aptitude install packagename will do the same but also seamlessly > download & install any other packages that it depends on Both apt and aptitude will download packages as needed. There are differences in behaviour, but not important for a new user. > if you have a .deb file which youve downloaded from the website you > can install it with dpkg -i /path/to/packagename.deb dpkg only operates at file level. It can install dependencies only if provided together with the package, otherwise it will fail. Hope this clarifies, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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