@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ Mike Kruze mkruze@nicira.com
Mike Qing mqing@vmware.com
Min Chen ustcer.tonychan@gmail.com
Mikael Doverhag mdoverhag@nicira.com
+Mircea Ulinic ping@mirceaulinic.net
Mrinmoy Das mrdas@ixiacom.com
Muhammad Shahbaz mshahbaz@cs.princeton.edu
Murali R muralirdev@gmail.com
@@ -98,11 +98,15 @@ Installing .deb Packages
------------------------
These instructions apply to installing from Debian packages that you built
-yourself, as described in the previous section, or from packages provided by
-Debian or a Debian derivative distribution such as Ubuntu. In the former case,
-use a command such as ``dpkg -i`` to install the .deb files that you build, and
-in the latter case use a program such as ``apt-get`` or ``aptitude`` to
-download and install the provided packages.
+yourself, as described in the previous section. In this case, use a command
+such as ``dpkg -i`` to install the .deb files that you build. You will have to
+manually install any missing dependencies.
+
+You can also use these instruction to install from packages provided by Debian
+or a Debian derivative distribution such as Ubuntu. In this case, use a
+program such as ``apt-get`` or ``aptitude`` to download and install the
+provided packages. These programs will also automatically download and install
+any missing dependencies.
.. important::
You must be superuser to install Debian packages.
Reported-by: Mircea Ulinic <ping@mirceaulinic.net> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> --- AUTHORS.rst | 1 + Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst | 14 +++++++++----- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)