installing package from konqueror uses dpkg, does not provide automatic dependency resolution

[Ben Aceler]

Binary package hint: konqueror

If I have some .deb files in a directory, I want to install it using right-click menu. I can do it, but konqueror use dpkg, and dpkg cannot resolve dependencies automatically. Please, use some more sophisticated software, like aptitude or something else.

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

Ignoring the issues of the user being incorrect (we cant replace dpkg with aptitude - aptitude is a frontend to dpkg, as is apt)...

Martin, i'm assuming that you've either fixed this, or will fix this with your gdebi-kde, to pull dependancies in first?

On second thoughts though - because the deb is not from a repository, the dependencies may or may not exist in a repository on the users system, we could only install the ones that do - which in no way are guaranteed to be all of them. Feel free to mark this as invalid, or implement this in some way.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Aceler, what do you pick from the context menu, so that dpkg gets used?

I have GDebi and KPackage available in the "Open With" submenu, but not dpkg nor "Install".

[Ben Aceler (aceler)]

By default, Kubuntu does not contain GDebi or KPackage. When I right-click on a deb file, I have only "Kubuntu Package Menu", which consists only "Install package", "Uninstall package" and "Show package info". All of this points lead to dpkg. GDebi is a good thing, thanks, but it doesn't included in kubuntu.

Also, if I have several pakages, like OpenOffice do (without any dependencies problems), I still have to install it one by one, and resolve them with my hand.

And the last - the problem is not with the particular deb file.

[Martin Böhm (martin.bohm)]

This feature is already implemented in Kubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon", which will be released in October. It is not a critical bug, and therefore we don't plan to release the fix for Feisty Fawn.

In Kubuntu Gutsy the Kubuntu Package menu is removed completely and a GDebi Package Installer for KDE (gdebi-kde) is present. Gdebi-kde should automatically download dependencies from the repositories, if the required packages are present. If you want to test it, feel free to upgrade to the current development release - Kubuntu Gutsy Tribe 2. Try this new frontend, and report the bugs you found. Thank you.

I am marking it as "Fix Released" because this feature is already implemented in the development version of Kubuntu.

[Ben Aceler (aceler)]

OK, thank you! If I'll find a new bug for gdebi-kde, I'll start a new bug entry.