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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository |
| Date | 2018-08-14 05:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <wmyvf-68v-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <wmjwd-5IS-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | the little wild kingdom |
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. i usually start with man pages by habit so: $ man -k deb and then look through the list of replies and see what catches my interest and then look at what those man pages say: one is: "dpkg (1) - package manager for Debian" $ man dpkg there are other more general references available too that describe overall operation of a Debian system and what can be done. debian-reference and debian-handbook... songbird
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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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