Bug#525189: Wishlist: "apt-get install" that understands syntax of Depends, etc fields
On 30 April 2013 14:53, Daniel Hartwig <mandyke@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Christian Hudon <chrish@pianocktail.org> wrote:
>> Package: apt
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sometimes, I need to cut and paste the contents of a Depends field (from
>> running "dpkg -s", etc.) … to install packages
>> required by a package that I downloaded separately.
Also note that in this case, you can do:
# dpkg --force-depends -i foo.deb
# apt-get install -f
to install the package and its dependencies. This has the benefit of
retaining information that the dependencies were auto-installed.
With that, both of your use cases are covered and better than parsing
the control field format on the command line. I suggest this request
is closed or +wontfix.
Regards
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