[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >is it possible to install a package using dpkg without >sitting at the console, i.e. offline? The system is >"stable". > >The problem is with a PC somewhere in the desert connected >via ISDN/PPP: A friend wants to update the ISDN package. >Of course, if he tries to dpkg -i isdnutils_xyz.deb, the >connection to the PC would drop. He tried to use dpkg with >`at' and `cron', that is firing the `at' job, logging out >and logging in after the `at' job. A similar at script is:
[snip] My guess is that the problem is due to some subtle difference between the environment set up in the at job and the normal environment, though I'm prepared to admit I might be wrong. If that's the case, then using 'dpkg -i isdnutils_xyz.deb &' (send to background) ought to do the trick. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trinity College, Cambridge, and Computer Science [riva.ucam.org]