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On Mon 05 Aug 2019 at 12:06:57 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 11:50:07 -0400 Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:44:35AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:41:06 -0400 Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 02:42:36PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:  
> > > > > To help installing the .deb file, install gdebi-core (commandline
> > > > > version) from Buster's repo.  It will take care of dependencies
> > > > > which dpkg does not.    
> > > > 
> > > > Or simply use "apt install ./whatever.deb".  Don't forget the leading
> > > > "./" or "../" or "/" characters.  They tell apt that this is a filename
> > > > instead of a package name.  Then, apt will resolve the dependencies.
> > > >   
> > > 
> > > That little feature is not mentioned in the man pages.  Never got
> > > around to reading the full docs.  Have to try it next time.
> > > 
> > > FWIW, I've been using gdebi-core since Wheezy when dpkg was the usual
> > > way to install a local .deb file.  Liked its simplicity and just
> > > continued with it with Stretch.  
> > 
> > Yeah, that's fair.  I think the "apt install ./foo.deb" thing was added
> > in stretch, so it's quite new.
> 
> Well, Stretch was my first exposure to apt.  I used Wheezy (and apt-get)
> from RC3 or 4 (replacing Fedora 12) until long term support for it
> ended in 2018, then moved to Stretch skipping Jessie entirely.
> 
> I've read that apt released in 2014 or so.  Its man page in Stretch is
> dated 2015.  So, it could have been available first in Jessie, but have
> no idea if the local .deb install with dependency checking was included
> then, but probably was.  No matter.  apt makes things easier compared to
> the apt-get/apt-cache/etc suite of commands.

As long as you bear in mind that apt's interface is a moveable feast.
For example, not many people recognised the behaviour of this little gem:

    # ls
    gem.deb
    # apt install gem.deb

which will find and install a package called gem2deb, not the file gem.deb.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/08/msg01077.html

Cheers,
David.

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