-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 12:54:16PM +0000, Matthew Crews wrote: > On 8/13/18 4:47 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > PREAMBLE: > > I've downloaded a .deb file. > > I've recently done such an install but don't remember how. > > Looking at the man pages for apt, apt-get, aptitude didn't help. > > Couldn't come up with useful search term for wiki. > > Eventually recalled "dpkg -i" which worked. > > > > QUESTION: > > How would someone find the answer if the answer wasn't already known? > > I went thru the same sequence last time. > > > > Its possible to use apt to install a file on your disk. For example: > > # apt install /path/to/file.deb > > Apt will also try to do dependency checking. I don't think dpkg will, > but I'm not sure on that.
Yes, it will install dependencies (although you can fine-tune its behaviour with --no-force-depends or --ignore-depends, if you so wish). Cf. the man page. Cheers - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAltxjGkACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYQpwCfRmk4p+3/3jfwYgUA3NbSKLTg PR4An1rpd7eXmiJYRHD0ZGOKccYkypTT =FeW1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----