how to use .deb files????

E.M.P99 · 04-01-2006, 12:22 PM

hi all, i'm here useing ubuntu with kde and gnome installed and i've had a problem with opening .deb files. u see what happens i double click on the file it opens arcive manger and says the arcive tpye is unsupported. then i went over to kde and used ark and it said that it needed some file called "ar".

ya so i'd love any help

towy71 · 04-01-2006, 12:26 PM

use

Code:

sudo dpkg install whatever-name-it-is.deb

should work, no guarantees of course

Michael_aust · 04-01-2006, 01:25 PM

open a terminal up and change to the directory whgere the .deb file is e.g cd /the/directory/to/the/file
then type sudo dpkg install whatever-name-it-is.deb

then that will install it, it wont however deal with dependences, you will need to do them manually. Best bet is if it complains after tht it has unmet dependences open up synaptic and use the fix dependences optons and let it do its thing.

E.M.P99 · 04-11-2006, 01:02 PM

hey thanks but how do u fix dependences in synaptic the only thing i saw was fix brocken packeges

ntubski · 04-11-2006, 02:41 PM

Yeah, choose fix broken packages, that will fix the dependencies of the package that is broken (ie missing libs).