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I downloaded the deb package from http://www.openlierox.net, and tried to install it using this command:

sudo dpkg -i openlierox_0.58.rc3_amd64.deb

but it didn't meet all requirements:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openlierox:
 openlierox depends on libgd2-xpm (>= 2.0.33); however:
  Package libgd2-xpm is not installed.
 openlierox depends on libgd2-xpm (>= 2.0.33) | libgd2-noxpm (>= 2.0.33);  however:
  Package libgd2-xpm is not installed.
  Package libgd2-noxpm is not installed.

I installed package libgd-dev as I thought it would solve the problem, which it didn't, so I tried ignoring it and install it by using this command:

sudo dpkg --ignore-depends=libgd2-xpm -i openlierox_0.58.rc3_amd64.deb

But there is problem when I try to run it, as I get this error:

openlierox: error while loading shared libraries: libgd.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I think it should be easy to fix by installing the libgd2-xpm package, but I didn't find it in a repository. What should I do, how do I properly install it?

David Foerster
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    libgd2-xpm http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Install the package: sudo gdebi Downloads/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb . Note : The current version is "libgd3*". – Knud Larsen May 12 '18 at 15:48
  • You should check especially the answer https://askubuntu.com/a/769542/250300 from the possible duplicate target. – Melebius May 14 '18 at 06:53

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In RHEL, yum and rpm have a similar relationship to apt and dpkg. yum is the package manager that can look up packages from the repo, like apt, and rpm is like dpkg.

I mention this because yum has a localinstall option that installs all of the dependencies using repositories, and then installs the local .rpm file.

While apt does not have this functionality, dpkg will trigger those dependencies as needed, which means that apt becomes aware they are needed.

After you run your dpkg -i command, you can ask apt to fix the dependencies for you, and then try the install again:

apt-get install -f
dpkg -i /path/to/package.deb
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    APT does have the mentioned feature, it’s not well documented though. https://askubuntu.com/a/769542/250300 – Melebius May 14 '18 at 06:54