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All the following answers are "as I understand it".

Originally Posted by tobiasj View Post
So when you make a deb package and you list dependancies, the only time these will be installed automatically is if:

a) the package is being installed from a repository. Installing a deb locally will not even try to install them?
With the Application Manager this is true, but not with apt-get.

b) The correct repository is installed on the device and updated so that the list of dependant packages can be read?
Correct.

c) repositories like extras-dev will not fill deps using package manager and any deps from here must be installed manually?
No, I don't think so. I think that extras-devel works like any other repository.

Am I correct in thinking this way?

I am trying to put together a package that has a few deps that need to be installed with it, and while it lists them not being installed it will not install them (when trying to install the package from a local directory). Using apt-get install Libxxx will install them correctly however, so I know the correct Repro's are available.

Thanks!
-John
 

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