Comments on: Ubuntu Linux: How do I install .deb packages?

By: drainman

drainman — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:37:58 +0000

People who receive errors, especially unresolved dependencies, may use the APT Package Manager.

If you have Ubuntu Desktop installed, you can use the Synaptic userinterface (for apt) for managing your packages. Syaptic will know all packages on the CD and may have configured additional web sources during installation. If not you can add new online sources anytime in the GUI. Synaptic will, as it uses APT, resolve all dependencies (or at least will try) during package installation.

if you want or have to use CLI and #sudo dpgk [] does not wortk, use the apt-get command (apt package manager) instead, which resolves all dependencies.

Install with APT on CLI:
A) to install known packages from known sources ;)
#sudo apt-get install [package]

If you want to install LOCAL deb packages with apt, do the following

B) define new sources and import packages
B.1) the location of the package must be included in the etc/apt/sources.list. you may change this file with an editor of your choice. If you want to add a directory, do the following:

B.1.1) put all debs in one directory, in this example /root/debs/
B.1.2) to create Packages.gz, in root type:
# dpkg-scanpackages debs /dev/null | gzip > debs/Packages.gz
B.1.3) edit sources.list adding this line:
deb file:/root debs/
B.2) you MUST use the following command after changing the sources.list, to import all new package lists from the sources:
#sudo apt-get update
B.3) now you can use A)

however, having internet connection available ist the easyest way to go.

to get the name of you package, try
#apt-cache search [expression]
that will list you all packages where [expression] was found ;)

for more Information on APT search google, or ask your WIKI.

By: imran

imran — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:50 +0000

i installed ubuntu 8.04.4 and was unable to connect to the wireless modem so i started manually updating packages, as i needed to run emacs, so i updated packages like, emacs22_22.2-0ubuntu9_i386,
emacs22-common_22.2-0ubuntu9_all,
liblockfile1_1.08-3ubuntu1_i386,
libgif4_4.1.6-9_i386,
libssl0.9.8_0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.6_i386,
libc6_2.11.1-0ubuntu7.7_i386,
libsqlite3-0_3.6.22-1_i386,
libdb4.8_4.8.24-1ubuntu1_i386,
libreadline6_6.1-1_i386,
emacs22-bin-common_22.2-0ubuntu9_i386,
emacsen-common_1.4.19ubuntu1_all,
libasound2_1.0.22-0ubuntu7_i386,
libpython2.6_2.6.5-1ubuntu6_i386,
xaw3dg_1.5+E-17build1_i386,
python2.6_2.6.5-1ubuntu6_i386,
python2.6-minimal_2.6.5-1ubuntu6_i386,
python-central_0.6.15ubuntu1_all.
these many packages were updated manually by the command , sudo dpkg -i ./filename.
on every package it showed on the terminal ” setting” and three package dependencies are broken that are , python2.6, emacs22, libreadline6.
plz help, i am new to ubuntu

By: imran

imran — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:22:59 +0000

i am unable to install package for emacs on ubuntu 10.04 , i have saved the package on the desktop. any one can help me out..

By: imran shaikh

imran shaikh — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:34:52 +0000

i have the same problem while installing emacs, can u help me out

By: imran shaikh

imran shaikh — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:19:26 +0000

where can i download packages to install on ubuntu using a pendrive

By: shwetank

shwetank — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:12:48 +0000

Thanks a ton :)

This was exactly what i was missing.

By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:39:25 +0000

dpkg -i *.deb
dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process

i find this error.

By: Ranomez

Ranomez — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:26:15 +0000

thank you, i dont have gdebi so i had no ideea what to do

By: F-3000

F-3000 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:08:45 +0000

If you’re forced to use CLI, then there’s no way to double click. ;)

With GUI and only a couple .deb packets, it’s indeed easier to just double click.

By: Wasim

Wasim — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:25:44 +0000

i used alien to convert .rpm to .deb ..whr does .deb file get stored..i m not getting it on desktop of ubuntu as my .rpm is on desktop

By: Negi

Negi — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:44:38 +0000

hi, I am new to ubuntu
I did what this instructions said but it didn’t work, actually nothing happened, even if I double click on it it opens the programs of ubuntu, i don’t know what to do can you tell me what is wrong or what i should do

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:54:17 +0000

Hi. I am surprised that this install did not work successfully on my system (Linux Mint, though it says that it is Ubuntu 10.10 in the About Ubuntu section…).

Here is what was written in Terminal after the attempted installation:

tracey@tracey-TravelMate-5610:~$ cd /home/tracey/mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.33b-1ubu1010-i386.deb
bash: cd: /home/tracey/mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.33b-1ubu1010-i386.deb: Not a directory
tracey@tracey-TravelMate-5610:~$ cd /home/tracey
tracey@tracey-TravelMate-5610:~$ sudo dpkg -i mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.33b-1ubu1010-i386.deb
[sudo] password for tracey:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for tracey:
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-workbench-gpl.
(Reading database … 192967 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-workbench-gpl (from mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.33b-1ubu1010-i386.deb) …
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-workbench-gpl:
mysql-workbench-gpl depends on libzip1 (>= 0.8); however:
Package libzip1 is not installed.
mysql-workbench-gpl depends on mysql-client; however:
Package mysql-client is not installed.
mysql-workbench-gpl depends on python-pysqlite2; however:
Package python-pysqlite2 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-workbench-gpl (–install):
dependency problems – leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils …
Processing triggers for python-gmenu …
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache…
Processing triggers for python-support …
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-workbench-gpl
tracey@tracey-TravelMate-5610:~$

Any help and insight as to why there are errors would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!

- Guy.

By: youngdaddytc

youngdaddytc — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:17:30 +0000

that worked, nice command. just put the package on the desktop, then run the terminal from there, worked just fine.

By: utkarsh

utkarsh — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:33:54 +0000

thanks!! it really helped me!

By: mahesh

mahesh — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:59:16 +0000

i try for installing wvdial in ubuntu 9.10.
i describe process as
1> i download all 5 packages.
2> dpkg –force-architecture -i pkg_name.deb
3> sudo apt-get install wvdial
i give some errors for /etc/apt/sources.lst for some hyperlinks.
what should ido?
i am very desperate to dial up pc with mobile.
plz help me

By: mohamed

mohamed — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:23:33 +0000

i convert tar.gz or tar.bz2 to deb file with alien.
but after i install them, i cant find them in applications.

By: Noushad

Noushad — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:29:19 +0000

I want to know about downloadings and installation of images and software

By: TF hAAck

TF hAAck — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:35:40 +0000

Thanks a lot.

By: aby

aby — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:12:42 +0000

bt for installing command is sudo gainroot

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:31:47 +0000

Nice post! Short and to the point. Thank you!