install .debs

torger · 03-24-2006, 05:15 PM

How do I install .deb files.

jomen · 03-24-2006, 05:37 PM

IIRC: dpkg -i <file>
Ubuntu is debian-based - so it uses .deb packages - but there are easier ways to install these packages.
Frontends to dpkg are for instance: dselect and apt - and a graphical frontend to this is synaptic...

torger · 03-24-2006, 05:58 PM

I don't understand what you mean and the file I whant to install is not in synaptic

aysiu · 03-24-2006, 06:17 PM

Can you say what the file is? It's possible that it's not in Synaptic right now, but it may be in Synaptic later if you enable the right repositories.

If it's a .deb that you've downloaded to your desktop, go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal (in Gnome) or KMenu > System > Konsole (in KDE) and type

Code:

cd Desktop
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

jomen · 03-24-2006, 06:18 PM

So you are using synaptic already - you asked the question...very ambiguously at least.
If the file you want is not there you can:
1.) download it and use the command I gave...from what I know of Ubuntu the command would actually be:
sudo dpkg -i <file>

2.) add the mirror-site which has your package to the apt sources list - the list of mirrors apt is getting its files from
I can't be more specific - I don't run Ubuntu, Debian is 4 years ago now for me and I don't remember exactly

pixellany · 03-24-2006, 06:22 PM

This might be useful to you:

http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu

torger · 03-24-2006, 07:23 PM

Thanks all. pixellanys info was what got me going though.