Install a package without install dependencies globally

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I want to a install recoll, but my question applies to packages that rely on dependencies.

I don't use python, but when I add the recoll PPA and try to install the package, apt wants to install many python libraries as dependencies for recoll.

So my question is.. is there a way to install a package with all dependencies packaged within a folder so I don't pollute my system with all these dependencies?

Does this answer your question? How to escape dependency hell? . Or isolate it to its own docker container. — N0rbert, Feb 14 '22 at 12:18
@N0rbert I don't think close voting this question as a duplicate of another question is the best policy because user535733 has posted an answer with a different concise and elegant alternative solution to it. — karel, Feb 21 '22 at 11:53

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 14 '22 at 06:20

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Not directly. Deb packages (the kind apt uses) have specified install locations. You cannot change them.

However, you might be asking the wrong question or looking in the wrong place:

The python3-recoll package is in the Ubuntu repositories -- a PPA is not needed. The package adds a single additional dependency to a stock Ubuntu 21.10 test install, which hardly seems like polluting the system.

answered Feb 14 '22 at 06:20

user535733

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Thanks. I'd rather have 3rd party applications being managed by apt though so I can know what all I have installed in my system. Also, I was following the instructions from the recoll website: https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/pages/download.html#ubuntu I opt to use docker instead. – Raisen Feb 24 '22 at 20:27

Install a package without install dependencies globally

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