[kwlug-disc] is it just me, or is debian package management painful?

[Paul Nijjar]

>   aptitude would work just fine if it can take, as an
> argument to be
> installed or upgraded, the name of a .deb package
> *file*.  if it can
> do that, problem solved.

Does this do what you want?

http://packages.debian.org/lenny/gdebi-core

- Paul


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