I usually associate .deb files with GDebi as it is fast and efficient - especially compared to Ubuntu Software Center. One of the main feature of GDebi is it resolves dependencies and installs them. For command-line run sudo gdebi <package.deb> to install a single deb file.
A deb file is a type of format for the packaging Linux programs - specific to Debian-based distributions (in the way in Windows you have the "exe" files). It can be downloaded on your computer and installed.
I downloaded deb-creator-i386 and it seemed to install. It is supposed to be a GUI for compiling and packaging. After install it says in order to run or execute the program or app, I have to do tha...
I have Password Safe installed and running OK on my 20.04 LTS notebook. I got an email advising of an updated version so I downloaded passwordsafe-ubuntu18-1.10-amd64.deb I found and followed adv...
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
A .deb file is an archive (extract it via ar x package.deb or just list contents via dpkg -c package.deb) with the following contents: data.tar.xz, control.tar.gz, debian-binary data.tar.xz Extract this archive via tar -xvf data.tar.xz and you will have the actual files in the folder structure where they will be installed. All programs are already compiled (in contrast to downloading source ...
Gdebi gdebi installs a deb package and its dependencies. To use it run: sudo gdebi package.deb In newer versions of Ubuntu, this is not installed by default, so you will need to install it from the repositories. See man gdebi for a full list of options. gdebi is the command line equivalent to the graphical tool of the same name that used to be included by default in Ubuntu. The command for the ...
I have Ubuntu 12.04. I need the correct output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list. I edited it because it wasn't working, but it has only made it worse. I need to know what the default sources.list conta...
Is there an apt command to download a deb file from the repositories to the current directory? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 8 months ago Modified 6 months ago
