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#4
dpkg is for packages that already reside on your local file system. It can't resolve any dependencies, that's why your first attempt failed.
apt-get will resolve all dependencies and download the required packages. It will actually call dpkg somewhere during the installation process. apt-get, however, requires the name of the package your going to install as a parameter, not the name of a file. That's why your second attempt also failed.