Re: zoom client for bullseye
On Sun 22 Aug 2021 at 14:51:17 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Sun, 2021-08-22 at 14:47 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 02:37:30PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2021-08-22 at 14:17 -0400, Thomas George wrote:
> > > > The zoom client downloaded from the zoom web page seems to have been
> > > > written for Debian 8
> > > >
> > > > Installing it in bullseye fails, dependency problems
> > > >
> > >
> > > Works for me (Deb11 + Cinnamon). IIRC, after running dpkg -i zoom.deb
> > > you need to run "apt-get -f install" to fix the dependencies.
> >
> > If that's true, then you could simply use "apt install ./zoom*.deb" in
> > the first place. It's undocumented, but it has been a thing for several
> > years now.
>
> ntk, Thanks!
I wouldn't dream of disputing Greg Wooledge's advice. 'dpkg -i...' is
not a bad way to go but should *always* be folled by 'apt -f install'.
It leads to the same outcome.
--
Brian.
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