Re: .deb (II)

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo@gnome-db.org>]

On 30 Nov 2000 14:57:26 -0500, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> >> How should I install a *.deb file which was
> >> downloaded from the web to my
> >> system?
> >
> >dpkg -i *deb
> >
> 
> after doing this do I need to run apt-get update in order to synchronize
> the apt data base with the new 
> installed package?
> 
no, apt-get update is to get a list of available packages in your apt

sources (defined in /etc/apt/sources.list). This is usually done to
upgrade your system:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

this will upgrade all available versions for the packages you've got
installed in your system

cheers