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Re: Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s)

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On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 08:38:26 +0100 Tomáš Golembiovský said:

> Hi,

Hi Tomáš,

> I need to safely install a DEB file (or set of DEB files) without
> network connectivity and with tools normally present on small Debian
> installation. More precisely I would either like to install the package
> or leave the system in state before the attempt.
> 
> However, it seems there is no way to roll-back installation done with
> dpkg in case of failure. Neither I found a way how to at least check
> dependencies. The --dry-run/--simulate option does not do that. In fact,
> I'm not sure what stages of the process it goes through (maybe just
> verifying package integrity).
> 
> Is what I want to do possible with dpkg or other tools that are
> normally in the base system?

There are missing variables in your question:

1. Do you have access to apt family of commands?
2. Is it OK to install latest version of the package(s) for your Debian
distribution? (opposed to having to intall a specific package version)

Assuming yes to both questions, you can:

1) "apt-get update" and then,

2a) In synaptic, select the target package(s) for installation and note which
additional packages synaptic automatically selects for dependencies.

2b) Or, try installing them via apt-get (either with -s option or quit when
apt-get asks for confirmation) and note the additional packages added to your
initial list.

3) Download all the packages (including dependencies)

4) Install all of them offline in a single "dpkg -i" command line.

As for rolling back the system, others have already pointed out dpkg purge
option.

Regards
-- 
Abdullah Ramazanoğlu - İstanbul, Türkiye

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Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s) Tomáš Golembiovský <tgolembi@redhat.com> - 2018-11-14 09:00 +0100
  Re: Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s) Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-11-14 09:30 +0100
  Re: Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-14 09:30 +0100
  Re: Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s) Tomaž Šolc <tomaz.solc@tablix.org> - 2018-11-14 09:40 +0100
  RE: Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s) David Martens <David.Martens@wits.ac.za> - 2018-11-14 10:10 +0100
    Re: Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-14 14:40 +0100
  Re: Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-11-14 13:10 +0100
  Re: Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s) Abdullah Ramazanoğlu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-14 22:20 +0100

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