Re: Virtual Box
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 15:12:18 -0500
David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon 05 Aug 2019 at 12:06:57 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 11:50:07 -0400 Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Well, Stretch was my first exposure to apt. I used Wheezy (and apt-get)
> > from RC3 or 4 (replacing Fedora 12) until long term support for it
> > ended in 2018, then moved to Stretch skipping Jessie entirely.
> >
> > I've read that apt released in 2014 or so. Its man page in Stretch is
> > dated 2015. So, it could have been available first in Jessie, but have
> > no idea if the local .deb install with dependency checking was included
> > then, but probably was. No matter. apt makes things easier compared to
> > the apt-get/apt-cache/etc suite of commands.
>
> As long as you bear in mind that apt's interface is a moveable feast.
> For example, not many people recognised the behaviour of this little gem:
>
> # ls
> gem.deb
> # apt install gem.deb
>
> which will find and install a package called gem2deb, not the file gem.deb.
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/08/msg01077.html
Most people never read the manual. And so will be deservedly rewarded
. . . whether they like it or not.
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