Here I am again.Is there a way to install a package from a file instead of getting it from network ?I can't install Dropbox by means of apt-get. I have its deb package file,but I don't know what to do with it.Thanks
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From: "daniele manghi" daniele.manghi@libero.it To: trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:50:37 PM Subject: [trinity-users] How to load a package file
Here I am again. Is there a way to install a package from a file instead of getting it from network ? I can't install Dropbox by means of apt-get. I have its deb package file, but I don't know what to do with it. Thanks
Open a terminal and type:
sudo dpkg -i "path-to-deb-file".
On Thursday 25 August 2011 7:20:37 pm daniele.manghi@libero.it wrote:
Here I am again.Is there a way to install a package from a file instead of getting it from network ?I can't install Dropbox by means of apt-get. I have its deb package file,but I don't know what to do with it.Thanks
if all the dependencies are met, you can just install it using dpkg
sudo dpkg -i /path/to/.deb
On Thursday 25 August 2011 7:20:37 pm daniele.manghi@libero.it wrote:
Here I am again.Is there a way to install a package from a file instead of getting it from network ?I can't install Dropbox by means of apt-get. I have its deb package file,but I don't know what to do with it.Thanks
if all the dependencies are met, you can just install it using dpkg
sudo dpkg -i /path/to/.deb
Or if you are into graphical utilities check out kpackage-trinity.
Tim
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