Re: Vegar Storvann in <[🔎] 20051003210928.27CDAE58C4E@vegar> > * Package name : debinstaller > Version : 0.2.2 > Upstream Author : Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen > * URL : http://www.daimi.au.dk/~kamstrup/linux/ > * License : GPL > Description : a graphical frontend for installing local .deb packages > > Far too often people (read: newbies) get confused when they can't get > *insert favorite package manager* to install the .deb's they've just > downloaded. With DebInstaller installation is simply a double click > away. No fancy features, just a small dialog that ask for the sudo password > and if you really want to install. Re: Vegar Storvann in <[🔎] 4341CCF7.8040505@sunscream.net> > >If something goes wrong on the dpkg side, it doesn't try to figure out > >what went wrong to try to instruct the user, it simply spits out the > >command it attempted to run and what dpkg returned. That is not very > >user-friendly, IMHO. > > It spits out what dpkg says, and that is, IMHO, very user-friendly (that > is, if the user can read). Lol. If the user had a clue, he wouldn't need debinstaller. I'm sure it would be much more useful to modify $favorite_package_tool to support "apt-get install package.deb". Then you wouldn't have to reinvent installation/checking of dependencies, etc. Christoph -- cb@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/
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