The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How to install a deb file, by dpkg -i or by apt?
Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 3 months ago. Active 2 months ago. Viewed 3. I have a deb package for installation. Shall I install by dpkg -i my. Will both handle the software dependency problem well? If by apt, how can I install from the deb by apt? Improve this question. Tim Tim 1. You could use aptitude which removes unnecessary packages as well.
I recommend not to directly use dpkg. In case of single deb, go with gdebi and in case of multiple debs, go for APT local repository. Pandya — Tim. Tim because dpkg doesn't resolve dependencies. Show 1 more comment. Active Oldest Votes. So if you have a. First installing gdebi and then opening your. It will install your. From man apt-get : -f, --fix-broken Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place.
Improve this answer. Tim, apt-get is designed to install packages from repository. It maintains packages list as well as their respective repository address. So just moving a. Because whenever you try to install this package using apt-get, it searches for its repository, which is not present.
For this you have to create local repository which I think is useless. How can one ensure that the. BKSpurgeon, I have added bit information in my answer. To find out the exact package name, you can use the following command with any keyword related to the package name:. Once you have found the exact name of the installed package, you can remove it using the following syntax using the —remove or —r option:.
In this article, you have learned how to install a. You have also learned how to view a list of installed packages, verify the package after installation, and remove a package when you no longer need it.
I hope you liked the article! Karim Buzdar holds a degree in telecommunication engineering and holds several sysadmin certifications. As an IT engineer and technical author, he writes for various web sites. He blogs at LinuxWays. In Debian and its derivates like Ubuntu and Linux Mint, the dpkg package manager is used for managing the packages. Dpkg, which is installed by default on the Debian and its derivatives can be used to install, build, and remove. In this article, you will learn how to use dpkg install in Ubuntu system.
It will install your. Note : All these methods will fail to satisfy the software dependency if the dependencies required by the deb is not present in the package index. To install the. Note : You must run the above command from the same directory where the. But if you are running it from another one, remember to mention the full path to the.
Since the dpkg command installs the specified package only without any dependencies, you may face an error when you install a package that requires some dependencies.
Also because the dpkg does not install the package and leaves it in an unconfigured and broken state. In this way, you can use this command to fix the broken package and install the required dependencies assuming they are available in the system repository.
You can easily verify package installation using Dpkg. You can also verify package installation by searching it through the Debian dash menu. When you see it is available there, you can make sure of package installation. However, as we mentioned, the dpkg could allow you to verify the package installation. To do this, type dpkg with -status or -s option to verify the package installation:.
Any time you decide to uninstall the installed package, you can remove it using the dpkg command. Mention the installed package name instead of mentioning the.
So, to find out the exact package name, type:. For instance, for the Skype package, you can type skype and the command would be as like below:. In this way, you can remove the package using the following syntax.
Use the -remove or -r option when you found the exact name of the installed package.
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