That is why then. If there is a circular dependency, then you need to install them both together at the same time. Double clicking on a deb in Thunar will open Gdebi which will only attempt to install that one package with dpkg, and so the dependency is unresolvable.
Synaptic isn't involved at all in the process that you describe. GDebi and dpkg are the tools that you are using. apt-get and all the tools that use it (Synaptic, Adept etc) handle dependencies properly, and would be able to handle this ok (which is why I was able to install them). However, you will struggle to use apt / Synaptic without an internet connection. dpkg doesn't handle dependencies at all, so you need to handle them yourself. In the case of the circuilar dependency, you need to install both packages together, by doing this from the command line: sudo dpkg -i package1.deb package2.deb etc... Or, you can cd in to the directory containing the deb packages, and do: sudo dpkg -i *.deb I'm closing this bug report, as it doesn't describe a real bug. If you have any further problems, then please feel free to ask a question in the Support Tracker, which can be found at https://answers.launchpad.net/ Thank yo ** Changed in: festival-it (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- recursive dependency error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240834 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
