Re: googleearth-package (jessie)
On 2015-10-03, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 03 October 2015 06:21:44 rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
>> I searched and saw that some people are installing
>> using "dpkg -i"; but does that take care of dependencies?
>
> No. But try:
>
> # dpkg -i foo.deb
>
> Which will probably complain about dependencies, then:
>
> # apt-get -f install
> Which will sort out the dependencies and finish installing foo.deb.
>
> I just tried it for the first time, and it worked a treat.
> Otherwise, list the missing dependencies and install them manually! (Or with
> Synaptic.)
Didn't someone mention gdebi?
Description: Simple tool to install deb files - GNOME GUI
gdebi lets you install local deb packages resolving and installing
its dependencies. apt does the same, but only for remote (http, ftp)
located packages.
I think it was Petter (not sure of spelling).
> Lisi
>
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