On Saturday 08 June 2002 14:10, Seth Cohn wrote: > --- Larry Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > use wget or ftp to pull the relevant .debs into > > /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > they don't have to be there. Anywhere is fine. In fact, it will get > WIPED there if you deleted the cached files. > > > and then dpkg -i the_full_name_of_pkg_arch.deb > > That works, but it's not as nice. (yes, I use it too...) > The Right Way is what I quoted already.
Or, you might add, the way you described automatically gets "unstable" dependencies from the package mirror. The way Larry described may require the user to manually pull in additional unstable packages to resolve dependencies (dpkg will let you know what is needed). > > > Thanks... > > > > > > -- > > > Bob Miller K<bob> > > > kbobsoft software consulting > > > http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, > > Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to > > serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but > > learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
