I sometimes download .deb packages from the internet and install them with dpkg -i package.deb If the packages have unmet dependencies. How can I install the dependencies automatically (similar to apt-get install package, and mark these dependencies as installed automatically instead of manually.
Install downloaded packages with dependencies
debian;apt;dpkg
The usual way to handle this is to just do#dpkg -i packagenameand then resolve the dependencies after the event by doing#apt-get -f installIf the dependencies cannot be satisfied, apt will normally remove the package for you. Of course, if it doesn't you can do so yourself. This procedure should not mark the packages as manually installed.