On 8/13/18 4:47 AM, 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. >
Its possible to use apt to install a file on your disk. For example: # apt install /path/to/file.deb Apt will also try to do dependency checking. I don't think dpkg will, but I'm not sure on that. -Matt
