how to install a .deb from terminal using apt-get?

QueenZ · 08-05-2010, 10:15 AM

So i have a .deb on my computer and i want to install it from terminal. It has dependencies so i want to you apt-get install to solve these as dpkg -i didn't deal with dependencies... i tried sudo apt-get install package.deb but that didn't work

linus72 · 08-05-2010, 10:45 AM

I use gdebi-gtk to do that

apt-get install gdebi
or maybe its gdebi-gtk

just right-click .deb and choose "open with Gdebi"

SebScoFr · 08-05-2010, 10:50 AM

Do you have to install it directly from your computer?

If it's a .deb package with dependancies it might be on an official Debian repo.

In that case an apt-get install <package_name> will do.

gasdim · 08-05-2010, 10:57 AM

apt-get install is a process of a package manager and it is looking in repositories so it depends from the app. What app you want to install in order to check? Sometimes you should add another repo to install software now only the main ubuntu

craigevil · 08-05-2010, 02:06 PM

dpkg -i then run apt-get -f install

spoovy · 08-05-2010, 02:14 PM

Neither apt-get nor aptitude can install local .deb packages. Surprising but true. You need to download (if you don't already have it) a package called gdebi (almost certainly available with) -

Code:

apt-get install gdebi

Then cd to the directory with the .deb you originally wanted to install in it, and do

Code:

gdebi ./packagename

Bob's your mothers brother.

lelanewb · 07-07-2017, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linus72

I use gdebi-gtk to do that

apt-get install gdebi
or maybe its gdebi-gtk

just right-click .deb and choose "open with Gdebi"

Thank you! I am so new to this!

I was trying to install .deb files by opening them with Xarchiver and all I got was an error message saying "Can't run the archiver executable: Failed to execute child process "ar" ".

And now I just installed something easily with gdebi! This post made my day, thank you!

IsaacKuo · 07-07-2017, 10:50 AM

step 1) dpkg -i thefilename.deb

It will likely complain that the install was not complete, because of dependencies

step 2) apt-get install -f

This will find and install the dependencies, as well as the package you were trying to install.

AwesomeMachine · 07-07-2017, 10:56 AM

dpkg -i will probably fail with unmet dependencies. It will simply refuse. But

Code:

$ dpkg -i --force-depends package_file

will install it. Then run

Code:

$ apt-get -f install