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Re: [pcp] installing deb packages on Ubuntu

To: Amer Ather <aather@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [pcp] installing deb packages on Ubuntu
From: Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:06:16 -0400 (EDT)
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Reply-to: Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi Amer,

----- Original Message -----
> I use "Makepkgs --verbose" option to build deb packages and then install it
> on other systems. To install these deb package, I run:
> 
> # dpkg -i <package name>

I use that build/install method fairly frequently too FWIW.

> I want to know what order should I use to install all these packages. Right
> now I just run dpkg in random order and then try to solve dependency issue
> by running:

For me, dpkg always seems to figure out the inter-dependencies
of the packages on the command line ... I guess that could be
cos I tend to be doing upgrades and not fresh installs though.

Can you send the errors you're seeing from dpkg?

> # apt-get install -f
> 
> This seems to work around the issue. However, I want to know the correct
> order to install these packages. List of deb packages generated:

There's a few packages you probably don't really want/need in
that list, btw - esp...

> pcp-testsuite_3.9.5_amd64.deb

cheers.

--
Nathan

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