Re: Finding application's description
On Mon 08 Jun 2020 at 07:17:17 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 06, 2020 at 06:08:48PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > As per the description, gdebi is for local (i.e. downloaded .deb files)
> > so it provides a function that synaptic does not.
>
> For the record, gdebi is basically obsolete these days. Its main
> feature ("install a local .deb plus all of its dependencies") has
> been incorporated into apt-get and apt.
>
> apt install ./some-local-file.deb
>
> Don't forget the leading ./ characters. They are required so that apt
> knows this is a pathname rather than a packagename. You're also allowed
> to specify a pathname with leading / or leading ../ characters.
Many users find gdebi very convenient to use, partularly when it is
associated with a double-click on a filename.
--
Brian.
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