Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 10:51:15PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > I've tried using dpkg as described, but there are problems: > > pylori:~/debs# dpkg -i xaos_3_0-23_i386.deb > Selecting previously deselected package xaos. > (Reading database ... 16818 files and directories currently installed.) > Un

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-04 Thread Jussi Ekholm
Alex Hunsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (Please write shorter lines - no more than 75 characters...) > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. > How do I tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than > having it looking at the places in sources.list?

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-04 Thread Andrea
On Wed, 2001-10-03 at 23:10, Alex Hunsley wrote: > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in /tmp at the > moment, and I'v

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-04 Thread Alex Hunsley
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Hunsley wrote: > > > > Progress... I did apt-get install xaos from the net. It failed again, but > > suggested I run "apt-get -f install", which I have done, and it seems to be > > happily getting the needed dependencies. Is this the correct way to c

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake Alex Hunsley: > Alex Hunsley wrote: > > > > "Brooks R. Robinson" wrote: > > > > > > > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install > > > > it. How do I > > > > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > > > > looking at the places in so

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread Alex Hunsley
Alex Hunsley wrote: > > "Brooks R. Robinson" wrote: > > > > > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install > > > it. How do I > > > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > > > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in > >

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread Alex Hunsley
"Brooks R. Robinson" wrote: > > > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install > > it. How do I > > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in > > /tmp at the > > moment, and I've

RE: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
> I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install > it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in > /tmp at the > moment, and I've tried adding file:/tmp to sources.list, but

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake Alex Hunsley: > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in /tmp at the > moment, and I've tried adding file:/tmp

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread Mike Alborn
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 10:10:36PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in /tmp at the > mo

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 10:10:36PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? You don't. apt-get primarily handles the

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread Sean Quinlan
--- Alex Hunsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-10-03 22:10): > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in /tmp at the > moment,

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread José Luis Rey
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 10:10:36PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in /tmp at the > mo

Re: directly installing a deb package

2001-10-03 Thread John Patton
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 10:10:36PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > I've downloaded a .deb package from the net and want to install it. How do I > tell apt-get that I'm giving it a direct file name rather than having it > looking at the places in sources.list? The package is sitting in /tmp at the > mo