Author: Dr Adam J Trickett Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Dumb dpkg/aptitude question
Hi,
On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 at 12:50:16PM +0100, Richard Danter wrote: > I have a .deb file (it's the PUEL version of VirtualBox) that I want
> to install on a headless server. dpkg -i reports lots of missing
> dependencies and of course dpkg can't go and resolve them from the
> usual repositories. Aptitude can get things from repositories but not
> install a local .deb file (or am I missing something?).
>
> So what is the best way to install a local deb and resolve all the
> dependencies? Is there no command line tool to do both local and
> repository installation?
>
What is wrong with the VirtualBox-OSE edition in stock Debian (Lenny and
later) or Ubuntu? I only ask as using vendor supplied debs is always
best if you can. If you only need to run VirtualBox headless, i.e.
without X then that's easy to arrange if you need.
