On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 05:48:36PM -0600, Mark wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Marius Gedminas <marius@xxxxxx> wrote: > > The following is for informational purposes only. You should never ever > > download debs directly -- either install them with the application > > installer, or use sudo apt-get install from a terminal. Installing debs > > directly is the "use a bigger hammer" approach to replacing a light > > bulb -- if you screw up, it's your own fault. > > > > There are two repository layouts. [...] > > This is great information for future reference, specific to Maemo. Actually, it's specific to any Debian-based distro (Debian, Ubuntu, Maemo, ...). > However, I was thinking there was a generic linux command, and finally > realized that it was probably an apt-get option and decided to RTFM. > The command I was looking for was > > apt-get --download-only install foo > or > apt-get -d install foo Yes. There's also apt-get install foo --print-uri > unfortunately, this gives me an odd dependency error (hildon-libs0) > and refuses to do the download. Doing it your way gets me the .deb I > want, but that dependency is still in the way. Right. Square peg, round hole. A hammer won't help. The hildon-libs dependency smells of OS incompatibility. What OS do you have and what package you're trying to install? Sometimes a simple recompile is sufficient to make a package compatible with a different Maemo version. I have a scratchbox handy on this laptop; I could rebuild the package for you if the sources are available. > > Microsoft is not the answer. > > Microsoft is the question. > > "No" is the answer. > > ROTFLMAO!!!!! > I've seen a different version of this, but I really like yours. :-) I don't remember where I got it, but it certainly isn't original. Marius Gedminas -- My mail reader can beat up your mail reader.
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