Hi, Aptitude's highlighting of installed/not installed packages is great!
I've downloaded a .deb, not from /etc/apt/sources.list. I wish to check without running dpkg --install foo.deb whether all dependencies for this .deb are satisfied, or whether I need to install more packages. apt-get --dry-run --simulate --no-act does not seem to fit because it checks a package from a known repository, not my local .deb file. It looks like I'm missing something like rpm's --nobuild. dpkg --info foo.deb is of little help: I would need to check by hand each element in the Depends: line, e.g. is libatk1.0.0 (>= 1.12.1) satisfied? I discovered dpkg --dry-run -i foo.deb, but that did not report unsatisfied dependencies (although I now know there are some, after trying dpkg -i foo.deb out of despair). What did I miss? Thanks for your help, Jorg Hohle Telekom/T-Systems Technology Center -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]