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Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

From Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository
Date 2018-08-14 08:50 +0200
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On 13.08.18 06:47, Richard Owlett wrote:
> PREAMBLE:
> I've downloaded a .deb file.
> I've recently done such an install but don't remember how.
> Looking at the man pages for apt, apt-get, aptitude didn't help.
> Couldn't come up with useful search term for wiki.
> Eventually recalled "dpkg -i" which worked.
> 
> QUESTION:
> How would someone find the answer if the answer wasn't already known?
> I went thru the same sequence last time.

Personal survival notes, arranged by topic, focused on how a task was
accomplished last time, and with searchable tags of some sort. My 420+
pages of bumpf has accumulated over 3 decades, so some of it is perhaps
dated now, but still preserves what sanity remains.

If I search for "PACKAGE INSTALL:" or "\.DEB:", it's my first hit, as I
uppercase headings & tags shoved over to the RHS for minimal
intrusiveness. The trailing ':' may be superfluous, but reminds me I
intend it to be a tag.

The whole thing is just a plain text file, edited and read with Vim,
using multi-level folding, so it all presents as a one-page TOC. My
version is probably of limited use to anyone else, as it e.g. only deals
with dpkg and apt-get in the current context. All else is completely
unknown.

Now that we have google, I must admit that there's an alternative, but
it won't tell you whether that's what you did last time, giving the
particular outcome which you prefer, or confidence of the same result.

Erik

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Installing package *NOT* in repository Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-13 13:50 +0200
  Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-08-13 14:00 +0200
    Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-13 14:30 +0200
      Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Samuel Henrique <samueloph@debian.org> - 2018-08-13 14:40 +0200
        Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-08-17 11:30 +0200
          Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-17 13:40 +0200
            Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-17 14:30 +0200
              Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-08-17 14:50 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-17 17:00 +0200
            Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-17 20:50 +0200
              Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-08-21 13:00 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-21 14:10 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-21 14:50 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-21 15:40 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-21 16:40 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-21 17:10 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-21 17:40 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-21 19:30 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-21 17:10 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-21 17:30 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-21 18:00 +0200
                Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-21 19:00 +0200
      Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-08-13 15:00 +0200
      Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-08-13 16:10 +0200
  Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-08-13 14:10 +0200
  Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2018-08-13 15:00 +0200
    Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-13 15:50 +0200
  Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-08-13 17:40 +0200
    Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-13 17:50 +0200
      Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Samuel Henrique <samueloph@debian.org> - 2018-08-13 18:00 +0200
        Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository tomas@tuxteam.de - 2018-08-13 18:20 +0200
          Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-13 18:50 +0200
            Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-08-13 19:10 +0200
              Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-13 19:30 +0200
      Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-13 18:00 +0200
        Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-08-14 19:50 +0200
          Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Jason <electron@emypeople.net> - 2018-08-15 13:10 +0200
      Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-08-14 04:10 +0200
        Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-14 09:00 +0200
          Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-08-14 17:00 +0200
            Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-14 17:30 +0200
  Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-08-14 05:50 +0200
  Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-08-14 08:50 +0200
    Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-14 13:50 +0200
      Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-08-15 07:10 +0200
        Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2018-08-15 07:30 +0200
          Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-15 10:00 +0200
          Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-08-15 10:30 +0200
        Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-08-15 08:20 +0200

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