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Re: Installing local packages



* Daniel L. Miller (dmiller@amfes.com) [030502 11:48]:
> How can I install a package I have downloaded directly from a website?
> Apt-get says it doesn't accept a direct filename as an argument.

No, it doesn't.  You can use dpkg (which is the analog
to rpm, if you're familiar with an rpm-based system).

To install a .deb package:

dpkg -i filename.deb

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