Hello everyone. Since dpkg is originally a part of Debian, I thought why not give this advice here. I think this advice has been talked about quiet a lot, but I did not find any except one, so decided to report it.
A problem comes for people who apparently think that Debian based distributions or Linux in general is useless when it comes to software installation without the internet. Well...yes, software installation can be done offline with apt, but it's not easy compared to the system that windows has set up. The easiest way to install a software in an offline computer is to make a package which will install the software by simply running it. In Linux, the issue is the dependencies, if all dependencies (relative to a Debian based OS install) is made to be integrated within a single package the problem will be solved. The solution that I'm proposing is a super dep package. A single 'sdebp' file which's suppose to install a singe software (mostly a meta package for e.g kde) but contains all dependencies which might be required by the package relative to a fresh OS install. A command to make dpkg install this package will make it check all the dependencies which are required to be installed from this super deb package in the current system. Thus only the required will be installed to satisfy the dependency of the meta package. Optionally, apt can be modified to make super deb packages from the list of installed software in the system...this will be a powerful tool in software sharing and IMO, capture the imagination of the common public. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org