On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 05:11:04PM +0000, Kirt Odle wrote: > Can I get someone to clearly explain to me ( a Debian newbie ) how to make aptitude download tshark and ALL of its dependencies, in a single operation ?? Just adding another point-of-view. If you're using aptitude's Text User Interface (TUI), you can achieve this as follows. Press / to bring up the search box. Enter "tshark" and press enter. If the package you want to download isn't highlighted, press 'n' for the next search result (sometimes, you get 'libsomething' before 'something'). When the package you want to install is highlighted, press '+' to select it for installation. Aptitude will, at this point, resolve any necessary dependencies (if it doesn't select 'Options' > 'Preferences' from the menu and confirm that "Automatically resolve dependencies of a package when it is selected" is checked). Press 'g' to show the proposed changes (i.e. the set of packages to be installed) and then press 'g' again to begin download/installation.
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