Debian Bug report logs - #47379
apt-get install could install local package files, too

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "David H. Silber" <dhs@orbits.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: apt-get feature request

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 01:00:52 -0400

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.13

Every once in a while, I want to install a .deb package that is not part
of the Debian distribution.  Currently, I install it with dpkg, see what
dependancies show up as unmet, then use apt-get to install the required
packages.

It would be very useful if apt-get would recognize a .deb package name
and deal properly.

For example:
  apt-get install jpilot-0.95-1.i386.deb

... would offer to install any missing (or outdated) packages needed by
this package.

Thank You,
David H. Silber

P.S.  This would also simplify the installation directions needed for
such ``external'' packages.

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Message #16 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Mantas K." <mantas@lvmi.lt>

To: 88616@bugs.debian.org, 47379@bugs.debian.org, deity@lists.debian.org

Subject: Subject: apt: what about apt-get install file:/home/install/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb ?

Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 17:58:20 +0100

Followup-For: Bug #47379
Followup-For: Bug #88616
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4

Hi,

I think instalation of local packages trought apt should look like
this:

apt-get install file:/home/install/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb

apt must read dependancy information of
/home/install/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb and install this package
and all needed packages from repositories,described in  sources.list.

Later this metod can be extendet:

apt-get install http://debian.home.lt/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb
(apt must download package from
http://debian.home.lt/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb,
read dependancy information and install this package
and all needed packages from repositories,described in  sources.list.)

-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux Gis2_3 2.4.17 #1 Wed Jan 30 19:38:46 EET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=lt_LT, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.2.5-3    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2        1:2.95.4-2 The GNU stdc++ library

Message #21 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Barak Pearlmutter <bap@cs.unm.edu>

To: 47379@bugs.debian.org

Subject: golly

Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 00:57:45 -0600

Wow, that was fast!  Thanks!

Message #26 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Rolf Leggewie <i.report.all.spamscumbags@expires-2003-01-31.nexgo.de>

To: 104323@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 164399@bugs.debian.org, 47379@bugs.debian.org

Subject: I'd like to vote for this bug

Date: 23 Jan 2003 14:23:09 +0100

Hi,

is there a way I can vote for this bug #104323 which has been recorded
for almost 20 months now and still not been fixed?  This is a real
problem when trying to install packages remotely i.e. without having
physical access to the CD-ROM.  I was about to file my own bug report

 ,----- [ Bug report ] 
|  
|  From: Rolf Leggewie <i.report.all.spamscumbags@expires-2003-01-31.nexgo.de>
|  Subject: apt-get, installation CDs and --download-only
|  
|  Package: apt
|  
|  Hi,
|  
|  I have used apt-cdrom to populate my sources.list with entries for the
|  7-piece Woody CD set dated 18th of July 2002. Now, I'd like to do
|  
|    "apt-get install --download-only package1 packgeX"
|  
|  to copy a few debs into the local cache on the hard disk.  Above command
|  successfully exits with "Download complete and in download only mode".
|  But alas, the packages do not show up in /var/cache/apt/archives/ and
|  the ensuing command
|  
|    "apt-get install --no-download package1 packageX"
|  
|  again requests the CDs :(.  Since I do not always have physical access
|  to the CD-ROM drive I'd rather not have this happen.  I'd appreciate a
|  hint on how to receive a notice when this bug has been fixed.  Thank
|  you.
|  
|  Regards
|  
|  Rolf Leggewie
|  
 `-----

I include it here since it broadens the originally filed bug report in
that --download-only has a bug too when working with CD-ROMs (AFAICT
this might be similar to what is filed as bug #164399.)

My problem is installing packages through telnet or SSH over an ISDN
line on a remote server.  What I would like to do is to gather the
needed packages on the hard drive first so the CDs do not have to be
switched in the middle of installation.  If the feature request AKA bug
#47379 were to be implemented, this would help, too.

Regards

Rolf Leggewie


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Message #31 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Vogt <mvogt@acm.org>

To: 47379@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [patch] local install

Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:46:27 +0100

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Hi,


I attached a patch against apt-0.5.14 that makes local installs
possible. It's proof-of-concept for now and has a _ugly_ hack in
it when generating the tagfile for the given debian package. 
Nothing that can't be fixed, I just wanted to post it as it is so we
can start discussing how to improve it.

It's very much inspired by how apt-rpm does it. It works for local
.deb files only for now. Apt-rpm has support for build-dep, source,
http and ftp too. We can add this later once the patch is cleaned up.  

I don't know if the patch will break the ABI. I add a new
debSinglePkgIndex class in deb/debindexfile.h

Comments are welcome,
 Michael

-- 
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Message #36 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

To: 207400@bugs.debian.org, 213465@bugs.debian.org, 203741@bugs.debian.org, 222668@bugs.debian.org, 221528@bugs.debian.org, 213311@bugs.debian.org, 218037@bugs.debian.org, 221728@bugs.debian.org

Subject: APT status

Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:33:04 -0800

Some of these bugs are fixed in CVS already, and others are on my todo list
for the near future.  I am back from my "vacation", and will try to set
aside some time to do apt work once the CVS repository is restored on
cvs.debian.org.  I have verified its contents and sent a message to
debian-admin asking for it to be restored.

-- 
 - mdz

Message #41 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

To: Michael Vogt <mvogt@acm.org>, 47379@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#47379: [patch] local install

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:15:39 -0800

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:46:27PM +0100, Michael Vogt wrote:

> I attached a patch against apt-0.5.14 that makes local installs
> possible. It's proof-of-concept for now and has a _ugly_ hack in
> it when generating the tagfile for the given debian package. 
> Nothing that can't be fixed, I just wanted to post it as it is so we
> can start discussing how to improve it.
> 
> It's very much inspired by how apt-rpm does it. It works for local
> .deb files only for now. Apt-rpm has support for build-dep, source,
> http and ftp too. We can add this later once the patch is cleaned up.  
> 
> I don't know if the patch will break the ABI. I add a new
> debSinglePkgIndex class in deb/debindexfile.h

Thanks for the patch.  If it's going to call out to dpkg, I think it should
definitely use popen or fork/exec rather than system() and a temporary file,
but that's easy to fix.

It does change the ABI by adding new classes, so it won't be going into
0.5.x.

The changes to srcrecords.cc and apt-get.cc seem unrelated; were they
intentional?

-- 
 - mdz

Message #46 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Vogt <mvogt@acm.org>

To: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

Cc: 47379@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#47379: [patch] local install

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:20:14 +0100

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 11:15:39AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:46:27PM +0100, Michael Vogt wrote:
> > I attached a patch against apt-0.5.14 that makes local installs
> > possible. It's proof-of-concept for now and has a _ugly_ hack in
> > it when generating the tagfile for the given debian package. 
> > Nothing that can't be fixed, I just wanted to post it as it is so we
> > can start discussing how to improve it.
> > 
> > It's very much inspired by how apt-rpm does it. It works for local
> > .deb files only for now. Apt-rpm has support for build-dep, source,
> > http and ftp too. We can add this later once the patch is cleaned up.  
> > 
> > I don't know if the patch will break the ABI. I add a new
> > debSinglePkgIndex class in deb/debindexfile.h
> 
> Thanks for the patch.  If it's going to call out to dpkg, I think it should
> definitely use popen or fork/exec rather than system() and a temporary file,
> but that's easy to fix.

Thanks for your reply.

It really shouldn't call dpkg that way. This was the "_ugly_ hack" I
talked about when I first send in the patch. It was just a
proof-of-concept and the easiest way for me to get the required
information. 

This is the relevant part:

+    // create file fd
+    FileFd Pkg(FieldsFile,FileFd::ReadOnly);
+
+    debListParser Parser(&Pkg);

We need a FileFd that contains the needed tags. In what way we obtain
the tags is irrelevant of course. I hope we find a better way than the
above for this :)
 
> The changes to srcrecords.cc and apt-get.cc seem unrelated; were they
> intentional?

srcrecords.cc is in by accident. The apt-rpm version can do stuff
like: 
% apt-get build-dep apt-listchanges-1.49-11104cl.src.rpm
which I didn't tackled.

I'm not entirely sure about apt-get.cc. I think it was needed, but I
can retest it. 

thanks,
 Michael

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Message #51 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>

To: Michael Vogt <mvogt@acm.org>, 47379@bugs.debian.org

Cc: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#47379: [patch] local install

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:46:39 -0700 (MST)

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Michael Vogt wrote:

> We need a FileFd that contains the needed tags. In what way we obtain
> the tags is irrelevant of course. I hope we find a better way than the
> above for this :)

You need to use the utils in apt-inst that provide raw .deb access in a
way that is compatible with the tag record parser. Read the source to
apt-ftparchive to find out how.. Though I'd rather not have apt-get linked
with apt-utils :|

Jason

Message #56 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Vogt <mvogt@acm.org>

To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>, 47379@bugs.debian.org

Cc: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#47379: [patch] local install

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:57:41 +0100

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On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 11:46:39PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Michael Vogt wrote:
> 
> > We need a FileFd that contains the needed tags. In what way we obtain
> > the tags is irrelevant of course. I hope we find a better way than the
> > above for this :)
> 
> You need to use the utils in apt-inst that provide raw .deb access in a
> way that is compatible with the tag record parser. Read the source to
> apt-ftparchive to find out how.. Though I'd rather not have apt-get linked
> with apt-utils :|

Thanks for this hints Jason. I attached another patch that does no
longer calls dpkg but uses debDebFile::MemControlExtract Extract("control")
instead. 

The patch still has (at least) two problems:
1. It needs to link apt-pkg with apt-inst to get access to the debFile
   class. 
2. It creates a temporary file $pkgname.records in a insecure way. 

The problem with 2) is that the temporary records file is needed in
debSinglePkgIndex::Merge() and debSPTypePkg::CreatePkgParser(). I
don't know how to pass additional information to CreatePkgParser() so
I used a predictable filename for now. This can be solved by creating
a temporary file in each of the two functions. 

As for 1) I don't know what to do. We could use the dpkg fork/exec a
approach. Or we could copy-n-paste some code to extract only the
control file from a deb. All solutions are not optimal IMHO.

What do you think about this?

> Jason
Michael

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Message #63 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

To: 47379@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Linking or combining libapt-pkg and libapt-inst

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:48:44 -0800

If we want to implement this feature, the logical way forward is to combine
libapt-pkg and libapt-inst, either by linking them together or combining
them into one library.  Jason has said that this is undesirable, though I'm
not clear on the reasons why they were created separately in the first
place.

It _might_ also be possible to implement the needed bits in a separate
command-line program, though I haven't checked whether the interfaces would
support this.

-- 
 - mdz

Message #68 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Chris AtLee" <chris@atlee.ca>

To: 47379@bugs.debian.org

Subject: status?

Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:26:30 -0400

Has anybody looked into this recently?

I'd love to see this feature, but not sure if any of the discussion so
far still applies.

Cheers,
Chris

Message #73 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>

To: Chris AtLee <chris@atlee.ca>, 47379@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#47379: status?

Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 19:29:45 +0200

On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:26:30PM -0400, Chris AtLee wrote:
> Has anybody looked into this recently?
> 
> I'd love to see this feature, but not sure if any of the discussion so
> far still applies.

There is a patch that is quite instrusive. I would currently recommend
using gdebi to install local files. It will use the apt resolver to
get the dependencies right and comes with a cli and gui version.

Cheers,
 Michael
 

Message #78 received at 47379@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org>

To: Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>

Cc: 47379@bugs.debian.org, Chris AtLee <chris@atlee.ca>

Subject: Re: Bug#47379: status?

Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:21:09 -0300

Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:26:30PM -0400, Chris AtLee wrote:
>> Has anybody looked into this recently?
>> 
>> I'd love to see this feature, but not sure if any of the discussion so
>> far still applies.
>
> There is a patch that is quite instrusive. I would currently recommend
> using gdebi to install local files. It will use the apt resolver to
> get the dependencies right and comes with a cli and gui version.

In this case wouldn't be better to close this bug? If there're
alternatives for it?

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Message #83 received at 47379-quiet@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <jackyf.devel@gmail.com>

To: 47379-quiet@bugs.debian.org, Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>

Subject: state of #47379

Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:28:40 +0200

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Michael, this bug contains your patch, what do you think of its future now?

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Message #90 received at 47379-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>

To: "Mantas K." <mantas@lvmi.lt>, 47379-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#47379: Subject: apt: what about apt-get install file:/home/install/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb ?

Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:19:26 +0200

Version: 1.1~exp1

On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 05:58:20PM +0100, Mantas K. wrote:
> Followup-For: Bug #47379
> Followup-For: Bug #88616
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.4
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think instalation of local packages trought apt should look like
> this:
> 
> apt-get install file:/home/install/some_good_package-1.0_i386.deb

This works in experimental, with a path.


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