Personally I use standard tools and don’t even use the “convenience” tools that have been added to recent releases instead I use command abbreviations called “alias” commands to perform most installation-related activities.

Anything else you install – while you CAN do it, is your own responsibility to use and maintain. Simulate only and print a apt-get install compatible line to stderr.Although it is *possible* to install and use a variety of package managers, (including gdebi) it should be noted that something like gdebi is likely to pull in some Gtk packages in addition to anything that has already required the use of these packages.īecause of this, it is preferable to use standard antiX package installation tools. deb package through the GDebi package installer on the command line, use the following command template: sudo gdebi This command will install both command line as well as the GUI client apps of the tool. To install GDebi on your Ubuntu machine, run the following command: sudo apt-get install gdebi GDebi lets you install local deb packages resolving and installing its dependencies. deb file.įear no more, because as always Michael Vogt from ubuntu project and his team has your back.

It may be good for finding application but it certainly is not worth using just for installing a. t is heavy, takes ages to load and makes your system crawl. deb files but with time it changed and now Software Center is the default application for installing DEB files. Ubuntu used archive manager for installing. So the you know the dependency errors that befall from that process! Right? You might be using the Software Center to install.

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