Video codecs for 20.04 LTS?

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 10:45:30AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> the linked article wasn't written by somebody familiar with apt.
> 
> 
> apt install /path/local_package.deb
> 
> _does_ resolve dependencies available by repositories.
> 
> 
> apt-get install /path/local_package.deb
> 
> _does not_ resolve dependencies.

This particular point about apt-get can easily be verified to be untrue.
I tested as far back as xenial:

  # apt-get install ./putty_0.67-3+deb9u1build0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  Note, selecting 'putty' instead of './putty_0.67-3+deb9u1build0.16.04.1_amd64.deb'
  The following additional packages will be installed:
    fontconfig fontconfig-config fonts-dejavu-core hicolor-icon-theme
    [...]

It makes sense to advise using apt for brevity and since its UI is
generally a bit cleaner, and it certainly makes sense to advise using a
single-step process rather than dpkg -i followed by apt install -f; but
please don't do it by perpetuating unnecessarily confusing myths!

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Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]