Re: PATH question

From	Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: PATH question
Date	2023-11-12 16:10 +0100
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On 12/11/2023 21:37, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> It doesn't help that "apt install ./file" is not documented in the
> official man pages.  People can only learn about it from the wiki, or
> from word of mouth.

It is documented in various guides:

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#listofadvancedpagementoperations

> Table 2.13. List of advanced package management operations

> apt install /path/to/package_filename.deb 	install a local package to the system, meanwhile try to resolve dependency automatically 

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.apt-get.en.html#id-1.9.17.11.31
> If the package to install has been made available to you under the form
> of a simple .deb file without any associated package repository, it is
> still possible to use APT to install it together with its dependencies
> (provided that the dependencies are available in the configured
> repositories) with a simple command: apt install
> ./path-to-the-package.deb. The leading ./ is important to make it clear
> that we are referring to a filename and not to the name of a package
> available in one of the repositories.

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PATH question Thomas George <debianlist@mailfence.com> - 2023-11-11 19:10 +0100
  Re: PATH question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-11-11 19:30 +0100
    Re: PATH question Thomas George <debianlist@mailfence.com> - 2023-11-11 19:50 +0100
      Re: PATH question David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2023-11-11 23:20 +0100
        Re: PATH question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-11-12 01:20 +0100
          Re: PATH question The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2023-11-12 01:30 +0100
            Re: PATH question Thomas George <debianlist@mailfence.com> - 2023-11-12 15:30 +0100
              Re: PATH question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-11-12 15:40 +0100
                Re: PATH question Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-11-12 16:10 +0100
                Re: PATH question Charles Kroeger <mbone@gmx.co.uk> - 2023-11-18 08:40 +0100

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