On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 09:33:28PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:59:56AM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis > <umarz...@gmail.com> was heard to say: > > For aptitude, is there an equivalence to > > # apt-get install -f > > Just plain "aptitude install" will try to fix any broken dependencies.
Though occasionally too smart. One use case: dpkg --install package.deb Which happens to fail due to a missing dependency, and then: apt-get install -f I haven't tried it with aptitude recently but at least in the past (4-5 monthes ago? not sure) it tried installing too much stuff. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
