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Got a deb file download from the web? This is a beginner’s guide shows you how to install the file in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n
DEB is the software package format for Debian \/ Ubuntu based systems. Besides Ubuntu main \/ universe repositories and Ubuntu PPAs, some applications offer .deb files for downloading in their project pages or websites.<\/p>\n
Like EXE file for Windows, you can simply double click on a deb file. By default, it opens Ubuntu Software<\/i> with an option to install the software package.<\/p>\n
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This is the easiest way. However Ubuntu Software is buggy, it’s one of the top core apps being criticized for years.<\/p>\n
Gdebi package installer is the most recommended way to handle .deb packages. It’s default in Linux Mint. Ubuntu users can either install it from Ubuntu Software<\/i> or by running command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):<\/p>\n After installed it, just right-click on a deb file, select “Open With Other Application<\/i>” and choose Gdebi package installer to open the file.<\/p>\n When Gdebi opens, it shows the package details including app description, dependency libraries, and installed files. To install it, click on “Install Package” button.<\/p>\n And a ‘Remove Package’ button will be available once you installed it.<\/p>\n Apt is the most commonly used command to install, remove, and manage software packages from Ubuntu repositories, PPAs, and third-party apt repositories.<\/p>\n It seems to start from Ubuntu 20.04, the apt command added support for installing local deb files.<\/p>\n Firstly, right-click on blank area of the folder that contains the deb file. Then select ‘Open in Terminal’<\/p>\n When terminal opens, run command to install local deb file:<\/p>\n You can use wildcard character * in file name. In my case, the command can be:<\/p>\n dpkg is the command line package manager for Debian. I used to use the command to install local deb files in Ubuntu. The downside is that dpkg does not install missing dependency packages automatically.<\/p>\n To install a deb file via dpkg command, run:<\/p>\n Same to the previous option, you can use “Open in Terminal” option to open folder in terminal and then run command:<\/p>\n Since it does not handle dependency automatically, the command often output error and leave package unconfigured. You have to run one more command to fix it:<\/p>\n Since Ubuntu Software is buggy and dpkg command does not handle dependency packages, Gdebi<\/b> and apt command can be the best choices to install local deb file in Ubuntu via either graphical or command line.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Got a deb file download from the web? This is a beginner’s guide shows you how to install the file in Ubuntu. DEB is the software package format for Debian \/ Ubuntu based systems. Besides Ubuntu main \/ universe repositories and Ubuntu PPAs, some applications offer .deb files for downloading in their project pages or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2029],"class_list":["post-33633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-deb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}sudo apt install gdebi<\/pre>\n
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<\/p>\nOption 3.) Using apt command:<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nsudo apt install .\/PACKAGE_NAME.deb<\/pre>\n
sudo apt install .\/giara_0.3*.deb<\/pre>\n
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<\/p>\n Option 4.) Using dpkg command:<\/h3>\n
sudo dpkg -i \/path\/to\/file_name.deb<\/pre>\n
sudo dpkg -i giara_0.3*.deb<\/pre>\n
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<\/p>\nsudo apt -f install<\/pre>\n
Conclusion:<\/h3>\n