oot@tim-pc:/home/tim# dpkg -i visual-basic-2008.deb
Selecting previously unselected package visual-basic-2008:i386.
(Reading database ... 252655 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack visual-basic-2008.deb ...
Unpacking visual-basic-2008:i386 (3.0-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of visual-basic-2008:i386:
 visual-basic-2008:i386 depends on libsomethingorrather (>= 1.2.13).
 visual-basic-2008:i386 depends on anotherdependency (>= 1.2.6).

dpkg: error processing package visual-basic-2008:i386 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 visual-basic-2008:i386