20.10: Installing a .deb with dependencies -- HowTo?

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Sonntag, den 25.04.2021, 20:19 -0400 schrieb Robert Heller:
> dpkg -i packagename.deb
> (fails, but list deps)

at which point you should "apt -f install" (-f -> "--fix-broken") to
fix the missing dependencies automatically ;)

though as others said, since 16.04 you should be able to simply: 

apt install ./packagename.deb

without jumping through that extra dpkg hoop ...

ciao
	oli
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