Re: Customized Debian - Was: What are some common problems when using Debian GNU / LINUX?

[Helmut Wollmersdorfer <helmut.wollmersdorfer@fixpunkt.de>]

Am 22.01.2013 um 13:38 schrieb Richard Owlett:

> At the end-user level I think Debian has a logical flaw.
> It presumes that all software is always available in a repository  
> (be it FOSS/proprietary, trusted/untrusted, whatever distinction).
> Yesterday I found a program (in beta) whose functional writeup was  
> interesting. In the latest revision a deb package was added to the  
> previously available formats. I downloaded the package with my  
> Windows machine (it was available at the instant). I now have a deb  
> package on a flash drive which Debian can read but has no built-in  
> convenient method to install.

The usual way to install if a .deb is available on a third party  
repository--here a package not available in Squeeze:

# get new source
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/postfixadmin/postfixadmin_2.3.5-2_all.deb

# install
dpkg -i postfixadmin_2.3.5-2_all.deb

IMHO in a graphical desktop environment like Gnome2 it is also  
possible to double click on yourpacke.deb in the file browser but I  
like the console more for such activities.

Helmut Wollmersdorfer