Hi all,

i am stumped at this particular issue with no resolution.

i made a package that has a bunch of dependencies, python2.5, procps etc.

I can install everything from the command prompt via apt-get and then install my deb file.

But the same thing: if i try to install the same deb file from the app.manager it fails; saying python2.5 etc are not installable.

So what might be the issue? Also this package wont be in any repository (just saying if that matters?)

thank you much for reading

seems that app manager fails to read dependency location/from repos
if u dont mind can u provide the .deb

Thanks

attached is the deb file. it will fail to install in app.manager and via dpkg if any of the package needed are not installed already.


its seems that if the deb file is standalone and not in a repository, dpkg doesnot work and that means app.manager fails to work (i am guessing app.manager is using dpkg when .deb is involved) --when there are dependencies that are not already installed for the package. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ically-472911/


I did solve it by making a repository and seems that for that app.manager uses apt-get as the backend and it is able to solve the dependencies. But i surely wish there was a way to install a deb and its dependencies without resorting to a repo.

apt-get and dpkg are separate things, you're not supposed to install stuff the way you describe (i.e. that's by design, because you don't have pin priority and such for the deb). The closest you get is to dpkg -i the thing and then do apt-get install -f .

Thanks.

I was half expecting that the app.manager would do dpkg and then apt-get -f install (automatically) -- just so that the end-user does not have to open a terminal and run those commands explicitly. i'll stick with the repo way.