Re: Virtual Box
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:41:06 -0400
Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 02:42:36PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > To help installing the .deb file, install gdebi-core (commandline
> > version) from Buster's repo. It will take care of dependencies
> > which dpkg does not.
>
> Or simply use "apt install ./whatever.deb". Don't forget the leading
> "./" or "../" or "/" characters. They tell apt that this is a filename
> instead of a package name. Then, apt will resolve the dependencies.
>
That little feature is not mentioned in the man pages. Never got
around to reading the full docs. Have to try it next time.
FWIW, I've been using gdebi-core since Wheezy when dpkg was the usual
way to install a local .deb file. Liked its simplicity and just
continued with it with Stretch.
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