Hi,
Cesar Martinez Izquierdo wrote in June 2004:
> Hello, I think that it would be nice that aptitude could install
> local .deb files.
Herman Robak wrote in November 2005:
> [...] aptitude package_file.deb should install the package file
> package_file.deb [...] and all its dependencies, if available.
JFTR: This functionality is already present in Debian by the tool
"gdebi" from the package "gdebi-core". (The package "gdebi" contains
the GNOME GUI for gdebi.)
(gdebi was not available back when the first wishlist bug reports
about this were filed. :-)
Regards, Axel
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