Re: Newbie Help
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:37:50PM -0800, Kris wrote:
> I recently downloaded a .deb file how to I actually install it. The deb
> package was not a standard deb package and I am so new I don't know how to
> setup a standard .deb file. Please help
Google is your friend, espeically when you're learning something new.
It's always good to try and solve it on your own before asking for
help, since then you'll also be able to let people know what you've
tried to solve it on your own.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
This question, fortunately, is fairly trivial (though could have been
asnwered by google).
dpkg -i <filename>
Check out the manual page for dpkg for a full list of options.
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