On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:41:06 -0400 Greg Wooledge <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 02:42:36PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > To help installing the .deb file, install gdebi-core (commandline > > version) from Buster's repo. It will take care of dependencies > > which dpkg does not. > > Or simply use "apt install ./whatever.deb". Don't forget the leading > "./" or "../" or "/" characters. They tell apt that this is a filename > instead of a package name. Then, apt will resolve the dependencies. > That little feature is not mentioned in the man pages. Never got around to reading the full docs. Have to try it next time. FWIW, I've been using gdebi-core since Wheezy when dpkg was the usual way to install a local .deb file. Liked its simplicity and just continued with it with Stretch. B
