On Wed 13 Jul 2016 at 20:08:39 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2016-07-13, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > I too didn't look at it and didn't try it. It would be unjust to judge > > it without doing either. > > > > What does gdebi give that 'dpkg -i ....' doesn't? A gui interface? > >> > > DESCRIPTION > gdebi lets you install local deb packages resolving and > installing its dependencies. apt does the same, but only > for remote (http, ftp) located packages. > > I don't believe 'dpkg -i' resolves and installs dependencies, does it?
No it doesn't. But after using it 'apt-get -f install' sorts out the dependencies. > Actually, I've never used gdebi, but I might in the future if the use case > comes up. I've not come across a case which requires its use and which dpkg and apt-get cannot sort out together .
