Wathen, Metherion wrote:
well here's the weird thing, if i look at the files on my windows pc using filemanager the filenames are long, if i use mc on my debian machine the filenames are shortened with a tilde filling in the missing parts. so what ive been doing is umounting the cd, putting it in the windows box, writing the name on piece of paper, go back to the linux box, dpkg -i <type in the long filename>. its been an experience :) mw.
Why can't you do 'dpkg -i <first seven letters><tab>'? Or even just 'dpkg -i *.deb' if you are installing everything in the directory anyway. dpkg doesn't really care about filenames and doesn't use them for anything.