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@devusb devusb commented Dec 31, 2025

dpkg doesn't do dependency resolution, but apt does. recommend using apt for installations instead.

root@2f5b983fc1d0:/tmp# dpkg -i ./flox-1.8.0.x86_64-linux.deb
dpkg: regarding ./flox-1.8.0.x86_64-linux.deb containing flox, pre-dependency problem:
 flox pre-depends on sudo
  sudo is not installed.

dpkg: error processing archive ./flox-1.8.0.x86_64-linux.deb (--install):
 pre-dependency problem - not installing flox
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ./flox-1.8.0.x86_64-linux.deb
root@2f5b983fc1d0:/tmp# apt install ./flox-1.8.0.x86_64-linux.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'flox' instead of './flox-1.8.0.x86_64-linux.deb'
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libapparmor1 sudo xz-utils
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flox libapparmor1 sudo xz-utils
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 1266 kB/83.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 86.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

@devusb devusb requested a review from garbas December 31, 2025 08:33
@devusb devusb self-assigned this Dec 31, 2025
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@devusb devusb enabled auto-merge (rebase) January 7, 2026 00:05
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@devusb devusb merged commit 7b62f08 into main Jan 7, 2026
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@devusb devusb deleted the fix-install-instructions-deps branch January 7, 2026 00:14
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