[clug] Debian dpkg dependency question

Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au
Mon Aug 2 01:45:19 GMT 2004


Hi all,

How do you install two packages (gs and gs-common) using dpkg if
they list each other as dependencies? Like this:

  dpkg -i --force-depends gs_6.53-3_i386.deb  ??

Or is there a better way of doing this?

Thanks,

Antti
N.B. apt-get cannot be used as it doesn't get much network access.

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