Hello,
yes, basically what you have to do is similar to the rpm - command, so when
you are in the directory where the deb is you enter:
sudo dpkg -i <packagename>.deb
If there are no further dependencies your package will be installed.
Anyway as I guess from your comment about Synaptic, that the package actually
is in the repositories you should try first to do:
sudo apt-get install <programname>
(no .deb)
Maybe you should try to search for the exact name of the program first:
apt-cache search <what-you-want>
So I don't know what your Synaptic (is it really that, or is it Kynaptic on
Kubuntu?) does maybe this helps.
Cheers,
Chris
Am Sonntag 26 Juni 2005 13:12 schrieb Linux-User:
Hello,
i´ve installed Thunderbird by Synaptec.
The problem with Synaptec is that, i doesn´t find pakages anymore.
So i´ve search with google for other .deb packages....
(normally i used an RPM Distribution)
When i klick on the ".deb" package,it wont install it.
Muss i install the package with the Konsole such like "rpm -Uhv ****.RPM"
RPM based Linux does?
