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How to install multiple .deb files but in specific order with single linux command – Debian

I have 4 debian installer :

abc.deb
jkl.deb
pqr.deb
xyz.deb

I want to install jkl and xyz first, and then I want to install abc.deb and pqr.deb. So the sequence/order the .deb files should be installed should be : jkl.deb , xyz.deb, abc.deb, pqr.deb.

PS:

  1. When I am trying to run apt-get install ./*.deb it is picking the .deb files in random (or maybe alphabetically) order.
  2. So I did apt-get install ./jkl.deb ./xyz.deb ./abc.deb ./pqr.deb but still I am seeing that pqr.deb is Setting up first before abc.deb

Can someone let me know how can i install these four deb in specific order by single linux command ?

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  1. 0

    Try

    apt-get install ./jkl.deb && apt-get install ./xyz.deb && apt-get install ./xyz.deb && apt-get install ./pqr.deb
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  2. 0

    As far as I know, the installation of packages follows an alphabetical order along with dependencies. So, if you try to install package X and Y but they have A and B as dependencies, the installation order would be: A, B, X and Y.
    In your case, you might have to use the following syntax:

    apt install X && apt install Y
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  3. 0

    *Put n for new lines (so ‘n’ between each deb file)

    list=$(echo -e "abc.debnjkl.debnpqr.debnxyz.deb")
for i in $list; do apt-get install ./$i; done

    *or if you use gdebi

    list=$(echo -e "abc.debnjkl.debnpqr.debnxyz.deb")
for i in $list; do sudo gdebi $i --n; done
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