Re: dpkg install and extract options

2004-12-23 Thread Brian Nelson
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:21:20AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thursday 23 December 2004 6:48 am, Bahadir Balban wrote: > > just a simple question - > > > > if I use dpkg -i option, does it do anything extra than resolving > > dependencies and extracting the packages? Yes, lots. > It calls

Re: dpkg install and extract options

2004-12-23 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thursday 23 December 2004 6:48 am, Bahadir Balban wrote: > just a simple question - > > if I use dpkg -i option, does it do anything extra than resolving > dependencies and extracting the packages? It calls debconf to set up the package as well. > In other words, if I know about the dependen

dpkg install and extract options - are they different from installed files' point of view?

2004-12-23 Thread Bahadir Balban
Hi there, just a simple question - if I use dpkg -i option, does it do anything extra than resolving dependencies and extracting the packages? In other words, if I know about the dependencies of my packages, simply using the -x (extract) option, would I get a working installation for a package?

dpkg install and extract options

2004-12-23 Thread Bahadir Balban
just a simple question - if I use dpkg -i option, does it do anything extra than resolving dependencies and extracting the packages? In other words, if I know about the dependencies of my packages, simply using the -x (extract) option, would I get a working installation for a package? Thanks, B