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Old 08-04-2005, 04:15 PM   #1
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install debian packages

Do we use the *.deb in Debian distrubution in the Ubuntu distrubution?
 
Old 08-04-2005, 05:01 PM   #2
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yup you do

ubuntu is based on debian, therefor also has the same packaging system.
 
Old 08-05-2005, 12:09 AM   #3
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While it is the same package format, they are not the same packages. Be aware that you may run into problems if you try to install debian packages on ubuntu. The name scheme is not the same thus dependencies, even though you have them, may not be found because they are named different in Ubuntu.
 
  


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