Re: Virtual Box
On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:44:35AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> 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.
Yeah, that's fair. I think the "apt install ./foo.deb" thing was added
in stretch, so it's quite new.
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