On Sat, 2005-22-10 at 22:35 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > >Apt-get calls on dpkg for installing and removing programs, so using > >dpkg is the same as using apt-get. > > > > > Not quite. dpkg allows me to install packages that weren't found > through sources.list like the packages mentioned at the OpenOffice web > site and earlier in this thread. Maybe this can be done with apt-get > but I don't know how.
You seem to misunderstand what I am saying. I'm saying that apt-get does not install or remove packages by itself. When you install or remove packages using apt-get, you are really using dpkg through apt-get at one remove. That's why, for example, having installed something with dpkg, you can use apt-get to remove it. They are not unconnected programs, as you seem to be saying. In other words, it doesn't matter if you use dpkg or apt-get to install a package. There's no difference in the result. If you really want to, you can create a sources.list entry to the directory where the .deb packages are stored in the following format: deb file:/<directory> Directory paths should be added without the usual forward slash. For instance, if the directory is /root/debs, then you would add: deb file:/root debs However, there is no point in taking this extra step with dpkg around. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield "Some died in ecstasy, Some died in poverty, But they all die with their boots on At the shouting end of life." - OysterBand --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
