Re: Further question re. dpkg and apt (was: Re: GNOME Installation)

[shaleh@clifford.livenet.net]

> 
> >M> I'm trying to install GNOME by hand, and I need to install
> >M> libgnome32 to continue.  When I try to install it, I am told that
> >M> it depends on having libgnomeui32 installed.  But when I try to
> >M> install that, it says i need to already have libgnome32 in.
> >
> >You have to install these packages simultaneously. with dpkg -i
> >package1 package2.
> >
> >SO the best thing is to copy all files into a directory (in /tmp or
> >such), and run dpkg -i *.deb
> 
> Q1: Does this solve the dependency problems on the fly? 
> 
> Q2: Can you use a similar syntax with apt? If so, what is that syntax?
> 

Apt does not install packages, it passes them dpkg.  yes, dpkg should handle
the deps here (you will see warnings that should clear up).