The files listed in the conffiles for this package. Among other things, this action runs the postinst (see Section 7.6, “What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script?”) script associated with the package. Preinst (see Section 7.6, “What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script?”) script associated with theĬonfigure a package that already has been unpacked: dpkg -configureįoo.

ThisĬommand removes any already-installed version of the program and runs the Usable state some files may need further customization to run properly. Operation does not necessarily leave the package in a Unpack (but do not configure) a Debian archive into the file system of the hardĭisk: dpkg -unpack foo_b. Install a package (including unpacking and configuring) onto the file system of The sudo apt-get install -f command tries to fix this broken package by installing the missing dependency.Print out the control file (and other information) for a specified package:

When dpkg installs a package and a package dependency is not satisfied, it leaves the package in an 'unconfigured' state and that package is considered broken. Why use sudo apt-get install -f after sudo dpkg -i /path/to/deb/file (as mentioned in method 1)?įix attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. All these methods will fail to satisfy the software dependency if the dependencies required by the deb is not present in the package index.

Note: APT maintains the package index which is a database ( /var/cache/apt/*.bin) of available packages available in repo defined in /etc/apt/sources.list file and in the /etc/apt/ directory. deb file using it ( Right-click -> Open with).

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For both, after executing this command, it will automatically download its dependencies. With old apt-get versions you must first move your deb file to /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory. Once the download is finished it calls dpkg to install all those files, satisfying all the dependencies. When you install a package using apt, it first creates a list of all the dependencies and downloads it from the repository. When you use apt to install a package, under the hood it uses dpkg.

Command line install deb package