Subject: apt: what about apt-get install file:/home/install/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb ?

["Mantas K." <mantas@lvmi.lt>]

Followup-For: Bug #47379
Followup-For: Bug #88616
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4

Hi,

I think instalation of local packages trought apt should look like
this:

apt-get install file:/home/install/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb

apt must read dependancy information of
/home/install/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb and install this package
and all needed packages from repositories,described in  sources.list.

Later this metod can be extendet:

apt-get install http://debian.home.lt/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb
(apt must download package from
http://debian.home.lt/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb,
read dependancy information and install this package
and all needed packages from repositories,described in  sources.list.)

-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux Gis2_3 2.4.17 #1 Wed Jan 30 19:38:46 EET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=lt_LT, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.2.5-3    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2        1:2.95.4-2 The GNU stdc++ library