Erwan David wrote: > Johan Grönqvist said: > > Marc Shapiro skrev: > > >Unfortunately, dpkg does not automatically > > >handle dependancies, like agt-get and aptitude do, so I get a list of > > >dependencies, all i386 libraries. Is there any way to install such a > > >package and get the dependant libraries installed other than manually > > >installing each one? > > > > The information about skype on the debian wiki seems to indicate that > > "apt-get -f install" is the solution. It worked for me for skype.
Yes. Using dpkg -i and then following up with apt-get -f install is perfectly reasonable. The first will install the package without regard for dependencies. The second will fill in the dependencies. This is a long time useful technique. > I'd rather use gdebi for installing skype thus > > gdebi skype-install.deb will install skype and the libraries it depends on. I am not really familiar with gdebi but as far as I can see from the documentation it is basically the same. Seems like six of one and a half dozen of the other. Bob
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