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Create Your Own Local apt Repository to Avoid "Dependency Hell"?

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Linux.com - Original Content; By Jack Wallen 		Mail this story
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There are times when you download a .deb file that simply must be installed. Once on your machine, you run the dpkg command on the file only to find yourself in a quagmire of dependencies. Instead of trying to wade through the dependency hell that dpkg can put you through, why not let apt take care of the heavy lifting?

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